What is the One Ton Challenge?
The One Ton Challenge is a regional effort to encourage everyone to use a commute alternative. By not driving alone just one day per week, each metro Atlanta commuter can avoid emitting one ton of pollutants into the air over a course of one year. Celebrate the One Ton Challenge’s year anniversary with us by taking the challenge! Small changes can make a “ton” of difference. You do the math: • 1 mile driven = 1 pound of air pollution¹ ² • 40 miles driven (the average metro commuter’s daily round trip) = 40 pounds of pollution³ • 40 pounds of pollution x 52 days (one day a week for a year) = 2,080 pounds (or 1 ton) of pollution you can keep out of our air by clean commuting. • Take the One Ton Challenge and commit to carpooling, riding transit, teleworking or any other commute alternative once a week for the next year. Join the hundreds of thousands of metro Atlantans making a difference to improve our air quality and traffic congestion.
