Each year, the U.S. generates enough garbage to fill
a convoy of trash trucks reaching halfway to the moon.
Approximately one half of this trash could have been recycled at
no cost.
Enough energy is saved by recycling one aluminum can
to run a TV set for three hours or to light one 100 watt bulb
for 20 hours.
Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates 12 jobs.
Land filling the same amount creates 6 jobs, while recycling the
same 10,000 tons creates 36 jobs.
Five recycled plastic bottles
make enough fiberfill to stuff a ski jacket.
Recycling Preserves Landfill Space
Recycling one ton of paper
saves three cubic yards of landfill space.
If every American household
recycled just one milk jug, we'd keep 200 million pounds of
plastic out of the landfill.
Recycling is Easy!
Keep recyclables in a paper bag, plastic containers,
cardboard box or any other convenient storage system. Just
remember to keep recyclable items separate from your trash so they
stay clean. Then take your recyclables to the recycling
center. That's all there is to it.
