Simple Recycling Facts
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Recycling is one of the best (and frequently the simplest) things that you can do to be a bit more Eco-friendly. This collection of recycling facts is intended to help you discover just how significant recycling is, and what you can recycle.
Recycling Facts - Aluminum:
More than 80,000,000,000 cans are used each year in the United States alone. Aluminum is a very popular recycle item and with the number of cans that are currently recycled, we could heat and light 18,000,000 homes.
Recycling just ONE aluminum can saves sufficient energy to run a television set for up to three hours.
Aluminum cans are the most recycled item in the United States. Many people forget to recycle things like aluminum window frames, aluminum gutters and aluminum siding.
Recycling of Plastic:
Residents of the United States of America use 25 billion plastic bottles every year. We only recycle only 27% of plastic that is actually manufactured.
The plastic that is thrown into the ocean every year kills as many as one million sea creatures.
In the America, 70% of plastic is made from domestic natural gas. That wastes a lot of gas.
During a Keep America Clean campaign, more than 189 million plastic bottles were recovered from highways, waterways, and parks.
Recycling Facts - Paper
Every single American uses the equivalent of about one 100 foot tall Douglas Fir tree each year in paper products.
The average American household throws away 13,000 pieces of paper each year. Packaging and junk mail are the primary source of this paper.
Only 48% of the paper that could be recycled in offices across the United States is currently being recycled.
Facts on Glass Recycling:
Glass takes more than 4,000 years to decompose.
Up to 20 tons of glass per hour can be recycled in a glass recycling facility.
Every year, we throw away enough glass in the United States to fill the entire Sears Tower more than two times.
18% of glass bottles are consumed at bars and restaurants.
Random Recycling - Just The Facts:
Packaging materials make up about one-third of every landfill.
No matter what you've heard, it's still impossible to recycle Styrofoam. Try not to purchase products packaged with it.
Recycling trash costs about $30 per ton. It costs about $50 per ton to send trash to a landfill and $75 per ton to burn it.
Hopefully this listing of recycling facts will help you to see just how important it is that we all take part in a recycling program whenever we can. Just about every city, both large and small have options for you to recycle your plastic, paper, and other miscellaneous materials. So take advantage of this service and be a little more earth-friendly.
About the Author
To learn more about what to recycle and how to do it, be sure to visit our article on Recycling Facts and learn more. If you would like to live a greener life style, be sure to visit our site Green Living Made Easy for many easy green living articles.
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