[Environment fact 1] The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was once so polluted that it caught fire 13 times between 1868 and 1969.
[Environment fact 2] The “Lazy Dog” bomb, developed during World War 2, was a 2 inch steel kinetic projectile that was dropped by the thousands at 3,000 feet and could penetrate up to 9 inches of solid concrete with no explosive.
[Environment fact 3] It takes 95% less energy to recycle a ton of aluminum cans than to produce the new. One ton of recycled aluminum is equivalent to saving 40 barrels of oil.
[Environment fact 4] 29% of California’s air pollution is from China.
[Environment fact 5] The world's fastest production car is a hybrid (Koenigsegg Regera).
[Environment fact 6] Companies are known to strategically place facilities where the wind will carry pollution across the state line or sometimes even country lines.
[Environment fact 7] Sewage sludge contains traces of gold, silver, and platinum at levels that would be seen as commercially viable by traditional prospectors.
[Environment fact 8] If your store-bought water bottle doesn’t specifically say “Spring Water” then it is actually just tapped water. Companies find municipal water supplies in the US that have the ideal water conditions, and pump it straight to the bottle with little or no processing (at a marginal cost of less than a penny per bottle). Some name brands may do a little more, like having additives to give their water a consistent and specific taste profile.
[Environment fact 9] Fishing nets account for 46% of the trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear, including ropes, oyster spacers, eel traps, crates, and baskets.
[Environment fact 10] Nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today due to recycling.
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This environment facts generator can generate some interesting environment facts for free. These environment facts can help you learn some new knowledge and know more about environment.
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