6 Environmental Facts

From The National Geographic Green Guide

• 1. On a national average, the cost of one bottled water in a gas station could fill up 4,000 bottles of municipal water.
  
  
• 2. Only 23 percent of plastic bottles actually get recycled.
  
  
• 3. USDA certified shampoos actually contain at least 95 percent organic ingredients.
  
  
• 4. The average American uses 70 gallons of water per day.
  
  
• 5. Less than 2 percent of the water we use is water we drink. yet all the water pumped into our homes, whether used for dishes, showers or toilets, is drinkable.
  
  
• 6. Only three tenths of one percent of the water on the planet is suitable for human use.