CURLS Helps to Save Our Planet- Stage #2 Sustainable CURLS Campaign! (460 hits)
The 4 Step Sustainable CURLS Campaign is designed to share with you how small changes in beauty habits, can ake a big impact on our environment. For example, there are many ways to avoid "product dumping" of used bottles. Regardless of whether they are labeled as recyclable, any time you throw out a bottle you're causing detrimental effects on the environment.
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Take a peek at a few of the alarming facts below and then see how you can become a part of the solution!
Recycling reduces greenhouse gas emissions by significantly saving the amount of energy needed to manufacture the products that we buy, build and use.
Recycle materials account for 40% of the world's raw materials and is critical to our future sustainability.
While plastics decompose, they can release potentially harmful substances into the surrounding ground water and soil, affecting future generations.
Letting your faucet run for five minutes uses about as much energy as letting a 60-watt light bulb run for 14 hours.
Every year, an estimated 706 million gallons of oil enter enter our planet's oceans: By far the greatest source of spilled oil is households. Used Motor Oil-accounts for 363 million gallons in our oceans! 50% of Americans change thier own motor oil, but only 1/3 of that oil is collected and recycled. 2/3 are dumped down drains or spilled on driveways and onto streets. One typical 5 quart oil change improperly dumped can contaminate millions of gallons of freshwater.
