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1. • It’s a Special Day…
we will take some time
to discover why…and
how to make everyday
special!

2. My Belief
• Every single person can make a
change…this can create a spiral effect
to SAVE our world.

3. BE RESPONSIBLE
• I am the ONLY person RESPONSIBLE for my
behavior.
• I choose to recycle…to make the world better
place for my family.
• I choose today to introduce and challenge each
of you to RECYCLE!

4. Get a Recycling Bin!

5. Plastic
bags..
Don’t have
to be eaten
to harm the
animals

6. Statistics:
• In 2006, Americans drank about 167 bottles of water
each, but only recycled an average of 23 percent. That
leaves 38 billion water bottles in landfills.
• Bottled water costs between $1 and $4 per gallon and 90
percent of the cost is in the bottle, lid and label.
• According to the Beverage Marketing Corp, the average
American consumed 1.6 gallons of bottled water in 1976.
In 2006 that number jumped to 28.3 gallons.
• It takes over 1.5 million barrels of oil to manufacture a
year’s supply of bottled water. That’s enough oil to fuel
100,000 cars.
• www.franklygreen.com

7. Plastic Bottles
• Eight out of 10 plastic water bottles become
landfill waste.
• In 2007 we spent £16 billion on bottled water.
That’s more than we spent on iPods or movie
tickets.
• Plastic bottles take 450-700 years before they
begin to decompose in a landfill.
• If everyone in NYC gave up water bottles for one
week they would save 24 million bottles from
being land filled; one month would save 112
million bottles and one year would save 1.328
billion bottles from going into the landfill.

8. Yuck!

9. This Picture Represents the
Amount of Plastic Bottles Thrown
Away Every 5 Minutes

10. My Change
• Buy a PUR water purifier for your faucet.
• Buy a large plastic container to keep in the
refrigerator for a constant “cold” water
supply…
• Buy a container to take places

11. What Other
Changes can
we make?

12. How To Conserve Energy and
Water
• Shut the water off while brushing your
teeth…or brush your teeth in the shower!
• Put a bucket in your shower to capture
water…use it to water your plants.
• Shut off the water while washing the
dishes (by hand)
• Use less electricity in the summer by
running appliances in the early morning or
late evening…run “full” loads

13. What happens
when the landfills
are full?

14. Is it a problem if we don’t
acknowledge it?

15. “It” is in
our
hands!

16. Is “It” Possible?
• Is the feat possible…
or will we fail?
• Only time will tell…but
without trying…
• WE FAIL.

17. WE Deserve a
Clean Planet!