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So you don’t see it. And you can’t see if a lake floor or river bed was destroyed when the sand was taken.","They don’t realize how much sand is actually being used. Because roads, buildings and glass don’t look like sand.","Source: UN Environment Programme","The studies available[1][2] show similar estimates of the amount of sand and gravel mined every year. The lowest estimate we have seen is 32 billion tonnes[2] but that was some years ago. The UN puts it around 40 to 50 billion tonnes [1]. The amount of oil extracted every year is much less, around 4 billion tonnes, and the amount of wood used is around 2 billion tonnes[2]. The total weight of a material doesn't represent its total environmental impact.\n\n[1]  [UN Environment Programme](https:\u002F\u002Funepgrid.ch\u002Fen\u002Factivity\u002Fsand)  \n[2]  [From resource extraction to outflows of wastes and emissions: The\nsocioeconomic metabolism of the global economy, 1900–2015 by Fridolin Krausmann, Christian Lauk, Willi Haas and Dominik Wiedenhofer in Global Environmental Change in July 2018.](https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.gloenvcha.2018.07.003)","Sand and gravel is mostly used in construction in things like concrete, glass, asphalt and electronics. The best kind of sand for construction is often found in rivers and lakes, and the mining of it is often unregulated and causes huge damage to these ecosystems.\n\nSand somehow has slipped between most environmentalists' fingers. Every year around 40-50 billion tonnes of sand and gravel is extracted, which is roughly half of the weight of all materials extracted in total. In comparison, around 4 billion tonnes of oil and 2 billion tonnes of wood are being extracted yearly. \n\n“Sand resource governance is one of the greatest sustainability challenges of the 21st century.” writes the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) in [this report](https:\u002F\u002Funepgrid.ch\u002Fen\u002Factivity\u002Fsand).\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nThere is a limited amount of sand. As the demand continues to grow, beaches and river beds are being stripped of their sand and the business of mining and selling it is attracting criminals. If the need for sand isn’t addressed it could lead to many environmental problems and maybe even conflicts.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nThey don’t realize how much sand and gravel is used in construction and everyday products. Its importance is never written and talked about in the same way as oil (or even wood).\n\n### Can I trust this fact?\nYes, even though there haven’t been many studies on this. The available studies show similar estimates of the amount of sand and gravel mined every year. The lowest estimate we have seen is 32 billion tonnes but that was some years ago. The UN puts it around 40 to 50 billion tonnes. The amount of oil extracted every year is much less, around 4 billion tonnes, and the amount of wood used is around 2 billion tonnes. It is important to recognize that the total weight of a material doesn't represent its total environmental impact.\n","The invisible sand"]