Did You Know #12

In America to produce each week’s Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down. If all our newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year…. What will you do with this Sunday’s NEWSPAPER???

Did You Know #11

75% of Americans Admit to Littering within the last 5 years. Most common litter offenders- Men between 16-34 years….

Did You Know #10

in the United States from Thanksgiving to New Years Day, household waste increases by more than 25%. Added food waste, shopping bags, packaging, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons – it all adds up to an additional 1 million tons a week to our landfills.

Did You Know #9

A typical family in the United States consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year. That’s a lot of containers — make sure they’re recycled!

Did You Know #8

Americans use 4 million plastic bottles every hour (96 MILLION EVERY DAY) but only 25% of plastic bottles are recycled.

Did You Know #7

It takes 7-12 YEARS for every cigarette butt to decompose!!! If you are going to smoke please be responsible with your butts!!! We have free pocket ashtrays while supplies last, just contact us!!! That way you can “KEEP YOUR BUTTS IN YOUR PANTS!!”

Did You Know #6

While some may cringe at the thought of giving away a gift that was given to them by someone else, the practice, according to a 2007 poll by Money Management International, found that more than half of the adults (58 percent) surveyed thought regifting was acceptable; 68 percent of women polled already regift or were thinking about it (men, however, were more squeamish about regifting, only 47 percent of men participated in regifting or thought they would give it a try).

Did You Know? #5

When wrapping gifts this week and unwrapping them foiled wrapping paper is NOT recyclable!!! Choose paper that does not have foil accents or try brown paper bags..now that is recycling with some environmental thought! Wishing all our GREEN friends the Happiest of Holidays!!! Merry Christmas!!! an…d Happy GREEN New Year!!!

Did You Know #4

Vampire power is the energy your appliances use when they are plugged in but not running. Cut back on wasted energy by unplugging cell phone chargers, coffee pots and toasters when they are not in use. Keep bigger items such as televisions and sound systems on a power-strip, and flip it off when they are… not being used.

Did You Know? #3

If every family reused just TWO FEET of holiday ribbon(about 2 gifts worth), the 38,000 miles of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet.

Merry Christmas to all our TRASHY FRIENDS!!!