Environmental Tidbits:

Are you curious how people affect the environment? Here are some environmental statistics, courtesy of the National Bicycle Greenway and EcoCycle.

* The United States has 5 percent of the world's population and 30 percent of the waste.

* The average person consumes twice as much as 50 years ago.

* The average American creates 4.5 pounds of garbage every day.

* Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil (enough to run the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough power for the average home for 6 months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill space, and 60 pounds of air pollution.