Eco-facts highlight global consumption

¢ Americans use about 405 million gallons of gas each day.

¢ It takes two liters of water to produce one liter of bottled water. So, if you drink one bottle of water, you’ve actually used twice that amount.

¢ Americans throw away 26.5 million plastic bottles every hour.

¢ Frozen food requires 10 times more energy to produce than fresh food does.

¢ More than one-fifth of the polar ice cap has melted since 1979.

¢ Eleven of the 12 warmest years on record occurred between 1995 and 2006.