How Much Waste Do you Produce ?
Did you know....
When you're a baby..
Approximately 3,796 diapers are used in your diaper-wearing span.
Didn't expect that, right ?
The amount of plastic used to make them i crazy !
It takes 715 pounds of plastic just to make one diaper.
Also, the amount of trees 1 diaper needs is unbelievable
To make one diaper, 4.5 trees beed to be cutdown and used. Also, many more things are need to make a diaper
When You Get Older ....
In a lifetime, the average American uses:
-156 toothbrushes
-389 toothpaste bottles
-35 hairstyling bottles
-198 shampoo bottles
-411 skincare products
and many more things that we use in our everyday lives.
Showers
In your life you will have approximately 28,453 showers
Water Usage
All the showers you take in a lifetime waste 1,700,000 gallons of water !!
Olympic Swimming Pool
All that water used for showers can fill up to 4.5 olympic swimming pools
CO2 Emissions
In America, one person generates 22 tons of CO2 emission per year. That is a lot of emission for just one person in a year. Imagine how much emission there is for everyone in the world. A LARGE AMOUNT !!!
Other Interesting Facts
- 30% of the world's cars are in the United States.
- In a lifetime, a person will change his/her car 12 times.
- A quarter of the world's oil is in the USA.
Conclusion
Now that you know how much we need to live a lifetime, you should consider trying to minimize you're usage as much as you can. It can be anything such saving water or turning off lights that are not needed. We need the Earth for our future generations.