Fill in the Blanks Check your eco-intellect!Online version The earth provides everything we need, but how much do you think about it? by Ruth Ferreiro 1 year hours 1993 25 100 minutes weeks 700 17 The UK produces more than million tonnes of rubbish every . On average , each person in the UK throws away their own weight in rubbish every seven . Plastic bags damage the environment and kill marine animals . They pollute our towns and cities . The average life of a plastic bag is only twelve . The energy saved by recycling one glass bottle will power a computer for minutes . One recycled aluminium can saves the same energy to power a television for three . I takes six weeks to recycle your old drink can into parts of a plane or car . Having a shower instead of a bath reduces the amount of water we waste . A toilet made before uses 60 % more water than toilets made since then . In some parts of the world , people can't buy food . In other parts , people buy more than they need . A typical UK family wastes approximately pounds on food every year . We must protect our world . We're running out of natural resources and destroying rainforests . Twenty - four trees make one tonne of newspaper . A tonne of recycle newspaper saves trees .
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