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The Average American generates 4 lbs. of trash each day (1,460 lbs. a year). |
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Two plastic bottles recycled can make enough polyester fiber to make a baseball cap. |
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Recycling 1 aluminum can create enough power to run a TV for 3 hours. One glass bottle can light a 100 watt bulb for 4 hours. |
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One ton of recycled paper saves: 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic feet of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water. |
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Everyday Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million, equivalent to dumping 500,000 trees per week. |
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Americans throw away enough aluminum every 3 months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. |
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Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates 1 job. Land filling the same amount creates 6 jobs. Recycling the same 10,000 tons creates 36 jobs. |
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It takes one million years for glass to break down. |
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It takes 75,000 trees to print the Sunday Edition of the N. Y. Times. |
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Thirty recycled plastic bottles can be used to make one sq. yd. of carpet. |
