APPALLING FACTS ABOUT POLLUTION

IN AMERICA ALONE 3 MILLION PLASTIC BOTTLES ARE

THROWN AWAY EVERY HOUR. HOWEVER, IT TAKES

UP TO 500 YEARS FOR THE PLASTIC BOTTLE TO

DECOMPOSE.

THESE DAYS, THERE ARE UP TO 500 CHEMICALS IN AN

AVERAGE HUMAN BODY THAT WERE NOT FOUND IN

HUMANS BEFORE 1920. IN TOTAL, THERE ARE ALMOST

80,000 SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS ON TODAY´S MARKET.

POLLUTION IN CHINA CAN CHANGE WEATHER IN THE

US. ALMOST A THIRD OF AIR POLLUTION IN SAN

FRANCISCO ACTUALLY COMES FROM CHINA.

ACCORDING TO A SCIENTIFIC STUDY, ABOUT 1 IN EVERY

8 DEATHS THAT OCCUR IN THE WORLD IS SOMEHOW

ASSOCIATED WITH AIR POLLUTION.

AN AVERAGE FAMILY IN NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE

AND AUSTRALIA THROWS AWAY MORE THAN A

TON OF GARBAGE EVERY YEAR.

IN 2010, RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING PREVENTED

85 MILLION TONS OF MATERIAL FROM BEING DISPOSED

OF, WHICH IS GREAT BUT CONSIDERING THAT HUMANS

PRODUCE TENS OF BILLIONS TONS OF GARBAGE EVERY

YEAR, IT IS STILL A NEGLIGIBLE NUMBER.

LIGHT POLLUTION USUALLY DOESN’T HAVE A

SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON HUMANS BUT IT CAUSES

MAJOR PROBLEMS TO MANY ANIMALS. BIRDS OFTEN

CONFUSE DAYS AND NIGHTS AND SCIENTISTS FOUND

THAT LIGHT POLLUTION CAN EVEN CHANGE MIGRATION

PATTERNS IN SOME ANIMAL SPECIES.

ALMOST HALF OF ALL SEABIRD SPECIES, 22% OF

CETACEANS, ALL SEA TURTLE SPECIES AND A

GROWING LIST OF FISH SPECIES HAVE BEEN

DOCUMENTED WITH PLASTIC FOUND IN OR

AROUND THEIR BODIES.