Environmental Facts

40,000

People in the Lehigh Valley suffer from asthma.

60%

less energy and water is used to make recycled paper than to make than new paper.

25%

of the world's pollution is produced by the United States

$6 billion

is made worldwide from trade of illegal wildlife and related products.

22,000

Number of gallons of water a leaking toilet wastes annually.

99.9%

of North America's original temperate deciduous forestland that has been cut down.

2%

of Americans who live within bicycling distance of work who actually bike.

$32 billion

Historical damage caused by private mining on public lands. Taxpayers pay for the cleanup.

10%

of the energy in gasoline is used to move a car forward. The rest is lost to waste heat.

1 billion

Number of birds killed each year by flying into windows in the United States.

33%

of native bird species seeing striking losses in population.

5

If every American household replaced this number of lightbulbs with compact fluorescents, it would be equal to taking 8 million cars off the road.

Never

How long it takes a plastic water bottle to decompose in a landfill.