Fun Facts
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television for 3 hours.
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television for 3 hours.
- If all newspaper was recycled we would save about 25 million trees per year.
- If all newspaper was recycled we would save about 25 million trees per year.
- Each hour, Americans throw away 2,500,000 plastic bottles.
- Each hour, Americans throw away 2,500,000 plastic bottles.
- The average person could recycle over 25,000 cans throughout their lifetime if he or she recycled consistently.
- The average person could recycle over 25,000 cans throughout their lifetime if he or she recycled consistently.
- Over 28 billion glass jars and bottles wind up in landfills annually. This piles up equivalently to the size of the Empire State Building every 1.5 weeks.
- Over 28 billion glass jars and bottles wind up in landfills annually. This piles up equivalently to the size of the Empire State Building every 1.5 weeks.
- Recycling 100 aluminum cans saves enough energy to keep the lights on in your bedroom for two weeks.
- Recycling 100 aluminum cans saves enough energy to keep the lights on in your bedroom for two weeks.
- Paper products make up approximately %40 of our trash.
- Paper products make up approximately %40 of our trash.
- Styrofoam is recyclable, but most recycling centers do not accept it in their recycling programs, because it's too expensive to recreate new items with styrofoam.
- Styrofoam is recyclable, but most recycling centers do not accept it in their recycling programs, because it's too expensive to recreate new items with styrofoam.
- We generate 21.5 million tons of food waste each year. If we composted that food, it would reduce the same amount as taking 2 million cars off the road.
- We generate 21.5 million tons of food waste each year. If we composted that food, it would reduce the same amount as taking 2 million cars off the road.
- Over 87% of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.
- Over 87% of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.