Recycling
Recycling is the process of taking a product at the end of its useful life and using all or part of it to make another product. The internationally recognized symbol for recycling includes three arrows moving in a triangle. Each arrow represents a different part of the recycling process, from collection to re-manufacture to resale.
Recycling is a simple way that you, as a consumer, can help out the environment, create a profitable market for recycled goods and help preserve natural resources from being depleted.
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Recycling is a simple way that you, as a consumer, can help out the environment, create a profitable market for recycled goods and help preserve natural resources from being depleted.
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Deforestation
Have you ever thought about how important our are forests to us?
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- 30% of forests are used for production of wood and non-wood products.
- Forests cover 31% of total land area.
- Forests are home to 300 million people around the world.
- Forests are home to 80% of our terrestrial biodiversity.
- Primary forests account for 36% of forest area.
- The livelihoods of over 1.6 billion people depend on forests.
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Water Shortage in Africa
Water — Such a common thing. Well, not for 1.5 billion people.
- 6km is the average distance that a woman or a child walk for searching water every day in most African rural villages carrying heavy containers on their heads of about 20 to 25litres per trip.
- African countries water withdraw average is very low about 275cubic kilometers per year compared to European countries water withdrawal which amount 535 cubic kilometers per year.
- 2.2 million people in developing countries most of them children, die every year from diseases associated with lack of safe drinking water.
- Half of the world's hospital beds are filled with people from water related diseases.
- Tens of millions of children in developing countries can not go to school as they must fetch water every day
- 80% of diseases in developing countries are caused by contaminated water.
- The daily per capita use of water in Europe is 200litres while in Africa per capital use is 10 to 20litres daily.
- Nearly half of the world's population fails to receive the level of water services available 2000 years ago to the citizen of ancient Rome.
- It is estimated that by 5.3 billions of people, two-third of the world population will suffer from water shortages by 2025.