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Title: 12 Steps to Reducing Your Carbon Footprint


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12 Steps to Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
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1 Recycle
  • ? recycle paper, cans, glass, metal, textiles,
    plastics, and cartons
  • ? recycling one ton of paper saves
  • ? 7, 000 gallons of water
  • ? 380 gallons of oil
  • ? enough electricity to power a house for six
    months

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2 Eat Local and Organic Foods
  • ? Reduce CO2 emissions
  • ? Reduce air pollution

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3 Eat Less Meat
  • Animal Raising Produces
  • ? 10 times more fossil fuel
  • ? more greenhouse gases
  • ? nearly half of the water and 80 percent of the
    agricultural land

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4 Maintain Your Car
  • ? increased safety, better fuel efficiency, fewer
    greenhouse gases emitted
  • ? well-tuned, new air filter, and tires inflated
    to the proper pressure
  • ? Easy on pedals, remove any
    unnecessary items

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5 Drive Less
  • ? walk, ride a bike, take public transportation,
    carpool, or combine trips
  • ? 20 miles less 900 pounds of CO2 saved
  • ? 1 gallon of gasoline
  • 24 pounds of CO2
  • ? Carpool for 2 days
    every year reduce CO2 by 1,590
    pounds

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6 Replace Light Bulbs
  • ? Saves 150 pounds of CO2 per bulb per year
  • ? 1 kilowatt hour 2.3 pounds of carbon dioxide
  • ? 1 CFL per family 90 billion pounds of CO2
    reduced 7.5 million cars gone

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7 Print Double-Sided
  • ? American businesses use an average of 21
    million tons of paper every year, or 175 pounds
    per US citizen

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8 Check Toilet for Leaks
  • ? Add food coloring to your
    toilet tank and wait for 30
    minutes
  • ? Toilet flapper left
    open wastes approximately 50,000 gallons of water
    per month

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9 Take Shorter and Colder Showers
  • ? Can the shower fill the one-gallon bucket in 20
    seconds?
  • ? Colder Faster
  • ? Turn the water off while you shampoo and
    condition and save 50,000 gallons of water per
    week

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10 Turn the Water Off
  • ? While washing your face, brushing your teeth,
    and washing your hands
  • ? Save 4 gallons of water a minute
  • ? Save your family 200 gallons a week
  • ? While you shave- 100 gallons a week

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11 Buy Products Wrapped in Recyclables
  • ? One-third of the waste that America produces is
    packaging

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12 Reuse Plastic Water Bottles
  • ? 2.5 million plastic bottles thrown away every
    hour
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