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Smoking

Cigarettes Contain some 3,900 chemicals.Filters are designed to trap some of themore dangerous by-products making thebutt a poisonous pellet.Butts take 15 years to break down in ourclimate. Most butts are washed into drains

and end up in the ocean.4.5 trillion butts are littered worldwide eachyear.



E nvironmental Laws in India

The E nvironment (Protection) Act, 1986Recycled Plastics (Manufacture and Usage)Rules, 1999

The Air Act, 1981The Noise Regulation Rules, 2000The Water Act, 1974The Indian Forest Act,1927The Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960The Biological Diversity Act,2002



Recycling an aluminium can uses only5% of the energy required to make anew one.Recycling glass uses 26% of the energy.

E very ton of paper recycled savesalmost 13 trees, 4,100 kilowatts of electricity and more than 30,000 litres

of water.16% of the money you spend on aproduct pays for the packaging, whichultimately 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% lessenergy and lasts about 8 times longer



Consumption

Units

(Households)

Price /Unit (Ps) Minimum

Charge(Rs.)

0-50 145 15

51-100 280 20

101-200 305 20

201-300 475 20

300 and above 550 20

E lectric Slab Rates India



ConsumptionUnits

(Commercial)

Price/Unit(Ps)

MinimumCharge

(Rs)

0-50 395 2050 and above 625 20



An unplugged mobile phone charger wastes 95%of the energy used doing nothing. Leaving thelights on, combined with computers left onstandby, 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 whenswitched off



Facts about Global Warming

Climate change to date has had a relativelysmall impact on our standard of living.But it will only take a CO 2 induced 6°C rise

in average global temperature to wipe out the human race.We are producing 30 billion tonnes of CO 2p.a. and only 50% is absorbed by our fast disappearing forests and increasinglypolluted oceans. The rest is accumulating inour 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 ------------ GOOD16000-2000 ------------ AVERAGE20000 < ------------ ANGEROUS

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