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8 million nappies are thrown away every day in UK. A city in UK spends about £500,000 per year for nappy disposal. www.wen.org.uk		Solar Rally Cycle rickshaws and even a tempo driven on solar power hit the roads for the First International Solar Rally 2003. Starting from Jaipur, the rally passed through five cities in Rajasthan and ended at Udaipur. An electric car and motorbike were also part of the rally
Taming the tiger: For every tiger in the wild two are kept as pets in the US.		Life saving saris: Pouring drinking water through the cotton sari can catch the organisms on which cholera bacteria clings. Water quality in India ranks 120 among 122 countries worldwide

Over 15 billion cigarettes are smoked everyday. One tobacco tree produces about 300 cigarettes.

Micro-chip but Mega-footprint
A single 2-gram computer microchip requires 630 times its weight in chemicals and fossil fuels to be produced and used.