Facts and Figures

The Facts and Figures section lists important and topical information which relate to environmental issues such as:

• What does a tonne of CO2 look like?
• Why should we recycle?
• How much is recycled?
• What is recycled?
• What about business recycling and waste?
• How can recycling rates be increased?
• Electrical and electronic waste
• Cars and tyres
• Statistics about Climate Change

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Detailed information in regards to these are topics are included in this section, one of these has been provided as an example below.

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What does a tonne of CO2 look like?
Dave Ames, a science teacher from a High School in the US built a large cube that represents the size of 1 tonne of carbon dioxide. Click on the image link below for a breakdown of what a ton of CO2 equivaltes to.

Click this image for more information on what a ton of CO2 looks like

OK, yes.  CO2 (carbon dioxide) is invisible.  But it's still interesting to see how much space a tonne of CO2 would take up if it were sitting in front of you. 

In this case, we are talking about a metric tonne of CO2.  Mr. Ames' cube, built last year with the help of his 9th grade physics students, is 8.23m wide by 8.23m high by 8.23m deep.

At standard temperature and pressure, the density of carbon dioxide is around 1.98 kg/m3, about 1.5 times that of air.

Saving Carbon In Schools - A report by the Sustainable Development Commission looks into carbon emissions from schools, where they arise and how to reduce them.