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greenfacts[0] = "Almost half of the contents of our dustbins could potentially be recycled.";
greenfacts[1] = "We could compost an additional 30% of vegetable peelings and other organic waste that we throw away.";
greenfacts[2] = "Despite the potential to recycle or compost around 68% of our waste, we are only recycling or composting 15%.";
greenfacts[3] = "The number of trees felled in one day globally would cover Barbados.";
greenfacts[4] = "Each year, 750,000 tonnes of wood are thrown away - only 300,000 tonnes are recycled.";
greenfacts[5] = "Each year, one million trees are chopped down to make 44m British Telephone Directories, most of which are never used.";
greenfacts[6] = "Fossil fuels are depleted at a rate 100,000 times faster than they are formed.";
greenfacts[7] = "Oil accounts for a quarter of all pollution incidents; one can of oil poured onto a lake can cover an area the size of two football pitches.";
greenfacts[8] = "Making compost from kitchen and garden waste can reduce 50% of all refuse going to landfill.";
greenfacts[9] = "Tune your car properly and reduce fuel usage by 5%.";
greenfacts[10] = "One litre of solvent is enough to contaminate 100 million litres of drinking water.";
greenfacts[11] = "UK uses over six million toner cartridges annually - approximately 50% end up in landfill sites.";
greenfacts[12] = "The cost of the average Christmas lunch is estimated at &pound;14 per person but the ingredients could have flown 84,612 miles producing the same amount of greenhouse gas from planes as 50,000 three-bedroom semis in a year.";
greenfacts[13] = "In 2004, the UK sent 744 million Christmas cards; if they were all recycled, it would have saved 248,000 trees.";
greenfacts[14] = "In 2005, only 82 million cards were recycled but it diverted 1,630 tonnes of rubbish from landfill sites.";
greenfacts[15] = "In 2001 t only 1.2 million of the 7.5 million Christmas tress bought were recycled; the rest created enough rubbish to fill the Albert Hall in London three times.";
greenfacts[16] = "60 million fluorescent tubes are sold in the UK every year; very few are recycled - One tube can pollute 30.000 litres of water beyond a safe level of drinking.";
greenfacts[17] = "The firework display held on the Eve of the Millennium created more dioxins in fifteen minutes than an Energy from Waste incinerator would produce in 120 years - but we all love fireworks!";
greenfacts[18] = "1 recycled tin can would save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours.";
greenfacts[19] = "1 recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.";
greenfacts[20] = "1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours.";
greenfacts[21] = "70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials.";
greenfacts[22] = "70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials.";
greenfacts[23] = "The unreleased energy contained in the average dustbin each year could power a television for 5,000 hours.";
greenfacts[24] = "The largest lake in the Britain could be filled with rubbish from the UK in 8 months.";
greenfacts[25] = "On average, 16% of the money you spend on a product pays for the packaging, which ultimately ends up as rubbish.";
greenfacts[26] = "Up to 80% of a vehicle can be recycled.";
greenfacts[27] = "24 million tonnes of aluminium is produced annually, 51,000 tonnes of which ends up as packaging in the UK.";
greenfacts[28] = "If all cans in the UK were recycled, we would need 14 million fewer dustbins.";
greenfacts[29] = "£36,000,000 worth of aluminium is thrown away each year.";
greenfacts[30] = "Aluminium cans can be recycled and ready to use in just 6 weeks.";
greenfacts[31] = "Each UK family uses an average of 500 glass bottles and jars annually.";
greenfacts[32] = "The largest glass furnace produces over 1 million glass bottles and jars per day.";
greenfacts[33] = "Glass is 100% recyclable and can be used again and again.";
greenfacts[34] = "Glass that is thrown away and ends up in landfills will never decompose.";
greenfacts[35] = "Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than if it was made from raw materials.";
greenfacts[36] = "12.5 million tonnes of paper and cardboard are used annually in the UK.";
greenfacts[37] = "The average person in the UK gets through 38kg of newspapers per year.";

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