20 million acres of U.S. land are covered by lawn
1 hour spent mowing a lawn with a gas-powered mower produces as many emissions as 50 hours spent driving an average car
5 percent of U.S. air pollution in summer months is emitted by gas-powered lawn equipment
27,000 gallons of water are needed each week to maintain an acre of lawn
35 percent of all household water is used to tend yards
32 million pounds of pesticides were used on U.S. lawns in 1994
Sources:
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50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth2 -- Earth Communications Office
3 -- National Wildlife Federation
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50 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth5 -- Earth Communications Office
6 -- EPA.
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