Fun Recycling Facts
There are many fun facts about recycling.
Here are a number of fun and interesting recycling facts:
- It takes 80-100 years for an aluminum can to decompose (break down) in a landfill.
- Aluminum cans can be recycled into: soda cans, pie plates, license plates, thumbtacks, aluminum foil, and many other items.
- Recycling one aluminum can can save enough energy to power a tv for up to three hours.
- In the year 2000, 13,500 aluminum cans were recycled every minute in California.
- Glass takes over 1,000,000 (one million) years to decompose in a landfill.
- Glass can be recycled into jars, jewelry, bottles, dishes, drinking glasses, coffee mugs and many other items.
- It can take up to 700 years for plastic to decompose (break down) in a landfill.
- PET plastic can be recycled into: clothing, fiberfill for sleeping bags, toys, stuffed animals, rulers and more.
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tv
If you recycle just 1 can that's 15 minutes!
Question??????
Is it true that 3/6 plastic botles that you put in the recycling bin go to the dump instead of all of them going to the recycling plant?
no
no
I don't know the answer,
but 3/6 is the same as 1/2...
going green
i love going green by going green you help your home.
Goodwill Recycling
Did you know that you can also recycle things like furniture, appliances, clothing, carpets and cell phones?
All you have to do is donate them to your local thrift store such as Goodwill, and then they will go to another happy owner!
Fun Facts
Around 630 steel cans are recycled every second.
going green
If you at least recycle a little bit that will still help the environment a lot!
We need to spend less time
We need to spend less time just coming out with "green" products and start actually educating our consumers with these statistics. These are very alarming and very informative.
Did You know Stopping junk
Did You know Stopping junk mail can save 150,000 trees annually?
recycling plastic and other
Recycling plastic and other recyclable materials helps reduce those things in landfills.
fast fact
Introduced just over 25 years ago, the ugly truth about our plastic bag addiction is that society's consumption rate is now estimated at well over 5 billion plastic bags annually, or almost 1 million per minute!
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