04/22/2022
Fun Facts for Earth Day!♻️🌎
1. Earth Day occurs every April 22 nd .
2. The theme for Earth Day 2022 is Invest in Our Planet.
3. The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970.
4. Earth Day was founded by Ga***rd Nelson, a US Senator at the time.
5. Recycling saves 3 to 5 times the energy that waste incinerator power plants generate.
6. More than 100 billion pieces of junk mail are delivered in the US each year.
7. It only takes 6 weeks total to manufacture, fill, sell, recycle, and then remanufacture an aluminum can.
8. The garbage in a landfill stays for about 30 years.
9. Every ton of paper that is recycled saves 17 trees.
10. Both republicans and democrats responded to the environmental conservation messages of Earth Day. It helped inspire the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as the Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species acts.
11. Over 193 countries throughout the world celebrate Earth Day.
12. Recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing generate 3.1 million jobs in the US.
13. Computers pose an environment threat because much of the material that makes them up is hazardous. A typical monitor contains 4-5 pounds of lead.
14. An Average individual throws away 4 pounds of garbage and uses about 12,000 gallons of water every year.
15. By reducing our waste 1% per year and recycling and composting 90% of our discards by 2030, we could save 406 megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent every year. This is the equivalent of shutting down 21% of our nation’s coal-
fired power plants.
