2. Consumerism is the unquestioning acceptance of
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products, services and ideas that often benefit others
yet provide one with only a residue of things that in
the end, lead to financial weakness, family disharmony
and a weakened nation.

4. Diapers
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◦ 4 per day
◦ 3796 in the period when he uses them
Just for one toddler:
1,9 pints of crude oil
715 lbs of plastic
4,5 trees

6. Milk
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◦ 13.056 pints per person in a lifetime

8. Food per american per lifetime:
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1.7 tons of pork
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2.3 tons of chicken
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1.3 tons of eggs or 19.826 eggs
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10 lbs of potatoes or 20,000 potatoes
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4,4 loaves of bread or 87,000 slices
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43,371 cans of soda
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10. 156 toothbrushes
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389 toothpaste tubs
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198 bottles of shampoo
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272 deodorant sticks
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411 skin products
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37 flasks of perfume
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20 lipsticks (in girl’s case)
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11. 1200 million cell phones in the world right now
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125.000 cell phones are thrown away
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12. 223 million tons of garbage every year
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58 tons of garbage every day
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14. Houses
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To make a house:
64 trees to supply the wood
15.5 tons of concrete
510 m2 of interior materials
114 L of paint
a huge number of electrical devices
Every year 1,5 millions of houses are built!
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15. 680 tons of coal
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17. Cars:
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◦ 10,5 million liters of petrol are wasted every day to
supply 30% of the cars.

18. 1888,5 liters of water
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19. 59 chewing gums
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20. 450 minutes by car or public transports
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