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Good Reasons to Recycle
1 - It takes 75,000 trees each week to produce
the Sunday edition of the New York Times.
2 - If Americans recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we
would save 25 million trees a year.
3 - Recycling and reusing the material in "tin" cans reduces
energy use by 74%, air pollution by 85%, and solid waste by 95%
and water pollution by 76%.
4 - It takes 95% less energy to make aluminum by recycling it
than by producing it from its natural ore, bauxite. It costs
less too.
5 - The average American uses 580 pounds of paper each year. As
a nation we consume 850 million trees annually.
6 - Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour!
7 - FOR EVERY GLASS BOTTLE RECYCLED, WE SAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO
LIGHT A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB FOR 4 HOURS.
8 - Every year, Americans throw away enough office and writing
paper to build a wall 12 feet high from New York to Los Angeles.
9 - In one year, American steel recycling saves enough energy to
heat and light 18 million homes. One pound of steel saves enough
energy to light a 60 watt bulb for 24 hours.
10 - In 1991, the Great Wall of China became the
second largest man-made structure in the world. The largest was
Fresh Kills Landfill, serving New York City. It is now the
highest point on the east coast. |
