Choose your materials wisely

"A recent study showed that if 10 million office workers were to use one less staple a day, replacing it with a paper clip, 120 tonnes of steel would be saved in one year. Every tonne of recycled steel packaging saves 1.5 tonnes of iron ore, 0.5 tonnes of coal, 40 percent of the water required in production, and 75 percent of the energy needed to produce steel from virgin material."

Anne Jankéliowitch, Ariel Dekovic & Paula Tevis –

365 ways to save the earth