Fun Recycling Facts

We thought we would share some fun and interesting recycling facts with you.

But before we do, on this Memorial Day, we would like to say THANK YOU to all who have served or are currently serving in our military. Thank you to those who have given so that we may live free in the awesome land!

Now for our fun facts.....

• Throwing away a single aluminum can, versus recycling it, is like pouring out six
  ounces of gasoline. Last year, Americans recycled enough aluminum cans to
  conserve the energy equivalent of more than15 million barrels of oil.



• The EPA estimates that 75% of what Americans throw in the trash could actually
  be recycled. Currently, only 25% is.



• Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates one job; landfilling 10,000 tons of waste
  creates six jobs; recycling 10,000 tons of waste creates 36 jobs.



• The national recycling rate of 30 percent saves the equivalent of more than five billion
  gallons of gasoline, reducing dependence on foreign oil by 114 million barrels.
  This could be even higher!



• The aluminum can is 100 percent recyclable and can be used to make new beverage
  cans indefinitely – demonstrating recycling at is finest! “Every can, every time!”



• According to the EPA, recycling, including composting, diverted 68 million tons of
  material away from landfills and incinerators in 2001, up from 34 million tons in 1990.



• Recycling 35 percent of our trash reduces global warming emissions equivalent to
  taking 36 million cars of the road.



• Every Sunday 500,000 trees could be saved if everyone recycled their newspapers.



• Think recycling is expensive? Consider this: aluminum cans are the most valuable
  item in your bin. Aluminum can recycling helps fund the entire curbside collection.
  It’s the only packaging material that more than covers the cost of collection and reprocessing for itself.

(www.RecycleCurbside.org)