Recycling   Facts

~Recycled aluminum requires only 5% of the energy required to manufacture a can from bauxite ore.

~More than 50% of a new aluminum can is made from recycled aluminum.

~Aluminum can be recycled and reused indefinitely without a decline in material performance or quality.

~All steel products can be re-melted and recycled into any other steel product.

~About 566 steel cans are recycled every second.

~Every day, Americans use more than 100 million steel cans.

~By recycling one ton of glass, we save the energy equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil.

~Glass is 100 percent recyclable in a true closed-loop system; there are no waste by-products.

~Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.

~Five recycled soft drink bottles will make enough fiberfill for a man's ski jacket.

~1,050 recycled milk jugs can be made into a six-foot park bench.

~One year's worth of the New York Times weighs 520 pounds.

~Every ton of paper recycled saves about 17 trees.

~Every day, U.S. businesses generate enough paper to encircle the Earth 20 times.

~Two gallons of used motor oil can provide enough electricity to run the average household for about a day.

~Recycling all of your home's waste newsprint, cardboard, glass, and metal can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 850 pounds a year.

~Each of us generates on average 4.4 pounds of waste per day per person.

~Americans throw away enough aluminum every three months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.

~Over half of our trash can be composted.

~It takes 3 ½ barrels of oil and 7,000 gallons of water to process one ton of wood into paper.

~Five recycled two-liter PETE bottles can be used to make one square foot of carpet.