Smoking

• Cigarettes Contain some 3,900 chemicals.

Filters are designed to trap some of the more
dangerous by-products making the butt a
poisonous pellet.
• Butts take 15 years to break down in our
climate. Most butts are washed into drains
and end up in the ocean.
• 4.5 trillion butts are littered worldwide each
year.
 Environmental Laws in India
• The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
• Recycled Plastics (Manufacture and Usage) Rules,
1999
• The Air Act, 1981
• The Noise Regulation Rules, 2000
• The Water Act, 1974
• The Indian Forest Act,1927
• The Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972
• Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960
• The Biological Diversity Act,2002
• Recycling an aluminium can uses only
5% of the energy required to make a
new one.
• Recycling glass uses 26% of the energy.
• Every ton of paper recycled saves
almost 13 trees, 4,100 kilowatts of
electricity and more than 30,000 litres
of water.
• 16% of the money you spend on a
product pays for the packaging, which
ultimately ends up as rubbish
An ordinary incandescent bulb converts most of
the energy into heat not light.
An energy efficient bulb can use up to 80% less
energy and lasts about 8 times longer
 Electric Slab Rates India
Consumption Price /Unit (Ps) Minimum
Units Charge(Rs.)
(Households)

0-50 145 15
51-100 280 20
101-200 305 20
201-300 475 20
300 and above 550 20
Consumption Price/Unit Minimum
Units (Ps) Charge
(Commercial) (Rs)
0-50 395 20
50 and above 625 20
• An unplugged mobile phone charger wastes
95% of the energy used doing nothing. Leaving
the lights on, combined with computers left on
standby, can double a companys energy bill.

• Lights left on generate unnecessary heat,

requiring the air-conditioner to work
overtime, using even more electricity.

• Many idle electronics use energy even when

switched off
 Facts about Global Warming
• Climate change to date has had a relatively
small impact on our standard of living.
But it will only take a CO2 induced 6°C rise in
average global temperature to wipe out the
human race.
• We are producing 30 billion tonnes of CO 2 p.a.
and only 50% is absorbed by our fast
disappearing forests and increasingly polluted
oceans. The rest is accumulating in our
atmosphere and warming the planet.
 Simple way to calculate CARBON
FOOTPRINT
A.) Multiply your monthly electricity bill by 105

B.) Multiply your monthly gas bill by 105

C.) Multiply your monthly oil bill by 113

(if you don't use either B or C, enter 0.)

D.) Multiply total yearly mileage by .79

E.) Multiply the number of flights--4 hours or less--by 1,100

F.) Multiply the number of flights--4 hours or more--by 4,400

G.) Do you recycle newspaper? If no, add 184. If yes, add 0.

H.) Do you recycle aluminum and tin? If no, add 166. If yes, add 0.
A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H = your carbon footprint
< 6000 ----------- EXCELLENT
6000-15999 ------------ GOOD
16000-2000 ------------ AVERAGE
20000< ------------ ANGEROUS
• A plastic pen in landfill will still be there in
50,000 years.
• A plastic bottle or ink cartridge can last
indefinitely.
• Mobile phones and iPods are made from metals
that do not biodegrade at all.
• We produce and use about 7 trillion plastic bags
per year.
• The Styrofoam cups are not biodegradable and
are rarely recycled.