18
“Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Map,” Governing, www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html; “How Many Alternative Fuel and Hybrid Vehicles Are There in the United States?” Frequently Asked Questions, US Energy Information Administration, www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=93&t=4.
19
“Municipal Solid Waste,” US Environmental Protection Agency, https://archive.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/web/html; “Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures,” US Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/smm/advancing-sustainable-materials-management-facts-and-figures.
20
“Study Finds 73 % of U.S. Consumers Have Access to Curbside Recycling Programs,” RRS, https://recycle.com/spc-recycling-access-study.
21
Drew Desilver, “Perceptions and Realities of Recycling Vary Widely from Place to Place,” Pew Research Center, October 7, 2106, www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/07/perceptions-and-realities-of-recycling-vary-widely-from-place-to-place.
22
Neff, Spiker, and Truant, “Wasted Food”; “Don’t Waste, Donate”; QI and Roe, “Household Food Waste”; Bloom, “In United States, There’s a Lot of Food Being Wasted”; “Key Statistics and Graphics,” US Department of Agriculture, www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics.aspx; “Food Waste,” Grace Communications Foundation, www.sustainabletable.org/5664/food-waste.
23
Sustainable Management of Food Basics,” US Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/sustainable-management-food-basics.
24
Elizabeth Brackett, “Where Does Chicago’s Trash Go?” WTTW, June 26, 2017, http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/06/26/where-does-chicagos-garbage-go.
25
Alana Semuels, “Charging for Trash, Bag by Bag,” Atlantic, August 18, 2015, www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/08/charging-for-trash-bag-by-bag/425907.
26
Viviana Solorzano and Andrew Edwards, “Memo: Executive Summary Report – Composting,” Harris Interactive, December 27, 2013, www.recycle. cc/2013-1227NW&RA_composting_survey_executive_summary_010814. pdf. “How Much Energy Is Consumed in U.S. Residential and Commercial Buildings?”; “Consumption and Efficiency”; Tariq Khokhar, “Chart: Over 1 Billion People Had No Access to Electricity in 2014,” The Data Blog, World Bank, April 3, 2017, https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/chartover-1-billion-people-had-no-access-electricity-2014; Nargi, “Think Your Household Is Sustainable? Think Again.”
27
“Use Power Strips to Avoid Phantom Loads,” Wisconsin Public Service, https://accel.wisconsinpublicservice.com/home/tips/electronics_powerstrips.aspx; Brian Palmer, “Keep Your Devices from Wasting Energy and Money,” Natural Resources Defense Council, December 31, 2015, www.nrdc.org/ stories/keep-your-devices-wasting-energy-and-money.
28
Palmer, “Keep Your Devices from Wasting Energy and Money”; Michael Casey, “Always-On Devices Are Using Huge Amounts of Energy,” CBS News, May 8, 2015, www.cbsnews.com/news/always-on-devices-are-using-huge-amounts-of-energy.
29
Selene Aparicio, “Shut the Fridge Door – You’re Wasting Electricity,” Good Housekeeping, February 8, 2014, www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/a19095/refrigerator-door-wastes-energy.
30
“How Much Energy Is Used for Lighting in the United States?” Frequently Asked Questions, U.S. Energy Information Administration, www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=99&t=3.
31
“Lower Your Light Bill and Save Energy,” Good Housekeeping, February 21, 2008.
32
“How Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Compare with Traditional Incandescents,” Energy.gov, https://energy.gov/energysaver/how-energy-efficient-light-bulbs-compare-traditional-incandescents.
33
Там же.
34
“Showerheads,” US Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2017-01/documents/ws-products-factsheet-showerheads.pdf; Debbie Arrington, “Showers vs. Baths: Which Use Less Water?” Sacramento Bee, February 13, 2014, www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-and-drought/article2591077.html; “How to Save Water,” Water Footprint Calculator, www.watercalculator.org/save-water/?cid=437.
35
Там же.
36
“Bathroom Faucets,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/watersense/bathroom-faucets.
37
“Residential Toilets,” U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/watersense/residential-toilets.
38
“5 No-Nonsense Ways to Cut Your Water Heater Energy Costs,” House Logic, www.houselogic.com/organize-maintain/home-maintenance-tips/water-heater-energy-saving-tips.
39
Там же.
40
“Watering Tips,” US Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.gov/watersense/watering-tips.
41
“How Is Electricity Used in U.S. Homes?” Frequently Asked Questions, US Energy Information Administration, www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq. php?id=96&t=3.
42
“How to Cool a Hot Attic,” HGTV, www.hgtv.com/design/decorating/clean-and-organize/how-to-cool-a-hot-attic.
43
“Whole House Fan,” US Department of Energy, www.nrel.gov/docs/fy99osti/26291.pdf.
44
B. C. Wolverton, Willard L. Douglas, and Keith Bounds, “A Study of Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement,” NASA, July 1, 1989, https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930072988.
45
“Indoor Air Quality,” EPA’s Report on the Environment, US Environmental Protection Agency, https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/chapter/air/indoorair.cfm.
46
Wolverton, Douglas, and Bounds, “A Study of Interior Landscape Plants for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement.”
47
David J. Nowak, Nathaniel Appleton, Alexis Ellis, and Eric Greenfield, “Residential Building Energy Conservations and Avoided Power Plant Emissions by Urban and Community Trees in the United States,” Urban Forestry