Home > Environmental Facts Home Mission Why Join Net Impact? Get Involved Jobs/Internships Volunteer Opportunities Courses at GWU Environmental Facts    - Guide to Recycling Links Meet the GW Net Impact Board   Net Impact's current temperature is: 48.2 °F Environmental Facts Did you know… Paper •    Every year, Americans throw away enough paper to build a wall, 12 feet high, stretching from New York to Los Angeles. (www.library.thinkquest.org) •    Every year, Americans produce over 4 trillion documents, enough to wallpaper the Grand Canyon over 300 times. (www.library.thinkquest.org) Plastic •    We use enough plastic wrap to wrap all of Texas every year. (EPA) •    If we recycled every plastic bottle we used, we would keep 2 billion tons of plastic out of landfills. (www.idealbite.com) Aluminum •    Recycled aluminum saves 95% energy vs. virgin aluminum; recycling of one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours. (Reynolds Metal Company)  •    Enough aluminum is thrown away to rebuild our commercial air fleet 4 times every year. (www.library.thinquest.org) Glass •    Recycling of one glass container saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours. (EPA) •    Recycled glass generates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution. (NASA) Water •    Turning off the faucet while brushing you teeth can save at least two gallons in one brushing session. If every American did that twice a day, we would save over 1 billion  gallons of water every day! (based on 2006 US population brushing twice per day, www.idealbite.com) No events for this period View the Calendar... Sign up to subscribe to our mailing list! Name: Email: Does the GWSB core curriculum include enough CSR-related topics? Yes No