2.5 million plastic bottles, the number used in the US every hour.
426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day.
1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour.
60,000 plastic bags, the number used in the US every five seconds.
2.3 million folded prison uniforms, equal to the number of Americans incarcerated in 2005.
106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.
30,000 reams of office paper, or 15 million sheets, equal to the amount of office paper used in the US every five minutes.
125,000 one-hundred dollar bills ($12.5 million), the amount our government spends every hour on the war in Iraq.
75,000 shipping containers, the number of containers processed through American ports every day.
What does this look like? Find out at:
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Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait 2006-2007
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