Funky Facts

 

Did You Know...?

• We each use about 45,500 litres of water a year, enough to fill more than a tanker lorry

• One third of all this water is flushed down the toilet

• Almost half of all the water which falls on the land as rain or snow is already used by people

• Every year a forest the size of Wales is cut down to provide Britain with paper

• Most families throw away about 40kg of plastic a year
• Many plastics are now recyclable

• More than one third of Britain's energy is used by people in their homes

• About one fifth of energy used at home can be saved by good insulation

• Most car journeys in are less than 3 kilometres long – about half an hour’s walk

• Most cars travel with only one or two people in them, and one bus can carry as many people as 40 cars usually do!

• British companies spend over five thousand pounds a year on packaging

• A well established garden may give refuge to 30 kinds of birds and 6 kinds of mammals!