Green Office Facts
Did you know…- A car driver switching to the train or bus to travel to work may cut their pollution by 90%.
- If two car drivers shared a car they would reduce their overall pollution by 60%.
- On average, each person in the UK produces half a tonne of rubbish each year.
- Recycling a stack of newspapers just three feet high can save an entire tree.
- A compact fluorescent light bulb uses 75% less energy than a normal bulb – and can last up to four years.
- The energy used in manufacturing and erecting a wind turbine is paid back in 3 – 6 months of operation.
- To offset the annual carbon emissions of the UK you would have to plant enough trees to cover an area equivalent to twice the size of the UK.
- Over 45 million printer cartridges go into UK landfill sites each year*.
- Each cartridge thrown into landfill can take up to 1000 years to decompose**.
Source: The CarbonNeutral Company
*Source: UK Cartridge Remanufacture Association, 2006
** Source: International Imaging Technology Council, http://www.consumerchoice.info/faq.htm, October 2008
