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Marc Paillé urbanthink.ca

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recycle/reuse/compost
build_eco
impact on environment
08 Jun 2007 / 6:03 pm

Construction consumption


- 12% of U.S. potable water consumption, including 5 billion gallons a day for flushing toilets; this is in the context of an annual U.S. fresh water deficit estimated at 3,700 billion gallons.
- 136 million tons of construction and demolition debris annually- about 40% of the total solid waste stream of roughly 2.5lbs of solid waste per square foot of floor spce for construction of a typical commercial building.
- 35% of U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions (a principal greenhouse gas)

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