May 2008 | On Our Radar
What Counts?
Compiled by Jenny Rough
1.4 Million Americans who suffer from hoarding or clutter.
80 Percentage of things Americans own that they never use.
300 Million Number of shoes thrown into landfills in the U.S. each year. (Why not donate them to giveshoes.org instead?)
11 Percentage of retired personal computers that were recycled in 2001. (Visit techsoup.com for information on donating computer hardware.)
75 Percentage of employed people who recycle at home (yet only 49 percent recycle at work).
5 Number of items needed for “Zen-cleansing” (baking soda, borax, lemon, salt and white vinegar).
25 Percentage of more headaches experienced by pregnant women who use air fresheners and aerosol cans at home.
92 Billion Number of plastic bags grocery stores and pharmacies go through each year (San Francisco was the first U.S. city to ban large grocery stores and pharmacies from using them).
SOURCES: Treehugger.com, Soles4Souls.org, TechSoup.org, Randstad USA survey, The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing, New Scientist, Newsweek
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