2. The oil consumed for the production and shipping of the plastic packaging we only buy on campus totals around 100,000 litres per year. That is enough oil to heat 142 average family homes for a whole year.
19. If you fill a disposable plastic bottle 1/4 with oil, this is the amount of oil needed for producing and transportation of this bottle.*
20. By recycling only one plastic bottle, you save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours.**
21. Items manufactured from recycled plastic include pipes, motor oil bottles, detergent containers, garment bags, grocery and garbage bags, lids and squeezable bottles, toys, fiberfill, carpeting, clothing, greenhouse panels, non-food containers, and plastic components and shells used in electronics.**
25. If you bring a reusable glass bottle or aluminium bottle from home and fill it with tap water (or homemade lemonade/ ice tea), the environmental impact is close to zero – and you save a lot of money, too.***** Source: The Pacific Institute, 2007, www.pacinst.org ** Source: www.wisegeek.com *** Source: The Story of Bottled Water, 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se12y9hSOM0 **** Source: GreeningRSM, www.rsm.nl/greening