Recycling 1 ton of mixed paper saves the energy equivalent of 185 gallons of gasoline?
Recycling aluminum creates 97% less water pollution than making new metal from ore?
A recycled aluminum can can be back on the shelf in 60 days?
63.4 percent of paper was recycled in 2009, an all-time high, according to the American Forest & Paper Association. 2009 was the first year the rate was over 60 percent?
It has been estimated that recycling, re-use, and composting create six to ten times as many jobs as waste incineration and landfills?
Making a ton of paper from recycled paper saves up to 17 trees and uses 50 percent less water than does creating paper from virgin pulp?
Facts from: http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html
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