average us water consumption
Americans throw out 200,000 tons of edible food daily.  The average American generates 52 tons of garbage by age 75.  The average individual daily consumption of water is 159 gallons, while more than half the world's population lives on 25 gallons.  Fifty percent of the wetlands, 90% of the northwestern old-growth forests, and 99% of the tall-grass prairie have been destroyed in the last 200 years.