1. Throwing away a single aluminum can instead of recycling it is like pouring out 6 oz. of gasoline on the ground.
2. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.
3. The EPA estimates that 75% of what Americans throw in the trash could be recycled, but just 25% is. If Americans could improve that number to 35% that would reduce emissions as much as taking 36 million cars off the road.
4. Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within six weeks.
5. U.S. waste stream, according to EPA estimates.
6. An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now!
7. There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can can be recycled.
8. Aluminum can manufacturers have been making cans lighter -- in 1972 each pound of aluminum produced 22 cans; today it yields 29 cans.
9. A 60-watt light bulb can be run for over a day on the amount of energy saved by recycling 1 pound of steel. In one year in the United States, the recycling of steel saves enough energy to heat and light 18,000,000 homes!
10. If every American recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we would save about 25,000,000 trees a year.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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