Quick facts to share:
- 97% of the worlds water is salt water, only 1% is liquid fresh water
- this century water consumption has increased sevenfold
- climate change makes available water much more erratic → snow and rain fall are much less reliable
- several major cities (for example Cape Town, Sao Paulo, London, Beijing, Istanbul, Tokyo, Barcelona and Mexico City) all face their Day Zero in the next few decades
- fresh water is not used responsible enough, for example Mexico City looses closely half of its drinking water due to leaking pipes
- we dump 2 million tons of sewage and agricultural & industrial waste into our fresh water every day
- only 8% of water is used for personal use, 70% goes to agriculture, 22% goes to the industry
- 98% of water used for 1 bottle of Coca Cola is used for it's production, not the drink you get
- 2500L of water go into the making of 1 cotton shirt
- about 15,000 litres of water is needed for 1kg of beef (considering an animal of 3 years)
- 63 billion gallons of oil are used every year to supply just the U.S. With plastic water bottles → more than 90% are used only once
- almost every piece of plastic ever made still exist on our planet in one form or the other
- ~8million tons of plastic is dumped into the ocean every year → 70% of all ocean plastic sinks
- worldwide, we use an estimated 1 trillion plastic bags each year → nearly 2 million a minute (use time of a typical bag is just 12 minutes)

on Instagram, Whatsapp & Co:

Stickers to share the message with your friends and family for the maximal impact!

#plasticocean

#microplastics

#saynotoplastic

#plasticpollution

#nomoreplastic

#reduce

#reuse

#recycle

SIMPLE STEPS TO SCRAPPING PLASTIC

Choose products with no or minimal plastic packaging, and remember your reusable shopping bags.

Bring your reusable bottles and take a reusable cup to your barista for your morning brew.

Say no to straws and plastic cutlery. Ask for compostable takeaway containers or bring your own.

Practice - Emilio

Theory

Practice - Bibi