Recycling Facts

• The US is the world’s largest trash producing country at over 1600 lbs. of trash per person per year.
• Recycling a single aluminum can will save enough energy to run a television or computer for three hours.
• Americans throw away enough plastic bottles each year to circle the earth four times.
• A 12 foot wall could be built from NYC to LA with all of the office and writing paper thrown out in the US each year.
• Today the US recycles just about 28% of its waste, which is double from what it was a decade ago.
• Americans recycle about 65% of their aluminum cans per year which has created over 30,000 jobs.
• A ton of paper from 100% recycled materials spares 17 trees and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
• The average time it takes for a plastic bottle to decompose in a landfill is approximately 700 years.
• Five recycled plastic bottles make enough fiber to stuff a ski jacket.
• Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100 watt light bulb for 4 hours.
• It takes 500 years for a Styrofoam cup to decompose in a landfill and it expends a great amount of energy to recycle it. Therefore, it is advisable to say “no” to Styrofoam products.