Recycling

Why Recycle?

• If all morning newspapers read in the United States were recycled, 41,000 trees would be saved daily and 6 million tons of waste would never end up in landfills.
• Recycling an aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television set for three hours.
• Each year, steel recycling saves the energy equivalent to electrically power about one-fifth of U.S. households for one year.
• Americans buy over 85 million tons of paper per year-that's about 700 pounds per person.
• Every year nearly 900,000,000 trees are cut down to provide raw materials for American paper and pulp mills.
• Every year we generate around 14 million tons of food waste which is 106 pounds of food waste per person.
• Americans throw away about 28 billion bottles and jars every year.
• Even 500 years from now, the foam coffee cup you used this morning will be sitting in a landfill.
• 98% of lead acid or car batteries are being recycled.