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Green Weddings: By The Numbers
- 2.3 million: Number of couples that get married in the US each year. That breaks down to more than 6,300 weddings a day.
- $20,000: The average budget of a wedding in the U.S.; this number increases to £16,000 ($31,222) in the U.K. and decreases to €12,000 ($15,782) in France.
- 14.5 tonnes: The amount of CO2 created by the average wedding in the U.K.
- 80 percent: The percentage of gold minded each year that goes into jewelry, out of 2500 tons.
- 50 years: Length of time the current amount of already-mined gold could satisfy demand; much of it currently sits in bank vaults and in old, unused jewelry.
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