Going Green!

• With unemployment hovering around 9%, we can buy "American" to help!
  Each manufacturing job in the U.S. creates 5-8 additional jobs --> If each American spends just $64 more a year on American-made products, we could create as a nation 200,000 new jobs!
  
  
• We can also look out for our beautiful national landscape!
  More than 25 billion single-use plastic water bottles are sold in the U.S. alone in one year by using over 1.5 million barrels of oil --> If we recycle these bottles or create new products with them, we can make sure that the U.S. no longer disposes of 80% of its plastic bottles each year rather than recycling!
  
  
• We can be aware of what kinds of materials we use on a daily basis!
  Time to disintegrate: Paper 2-4 weeks, leaves 1-3 months, orange peel 6 months, milk carton 5 years, plastic bag 10-20 years, plastic container 50-80 years, aluminium can 80 years, tin can 100 years, plastic soda bottle 450+ years, glass bottle 500 years... styrofoam NEVER!