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    Interesting Facts
  • The average American throws away 3.5 pounds of trash a day.
  • The average American uses 650 lbs. of paper a year.
  • One ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yard of landfill space, 7000 gallons of water, 4200 kWh (enough heat to heat a home for ½ year), 390 gallons of oil, and prevents 60 pounds of air pollutants.
  • Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves over 9 cubic yards of landfill space.
  • Recycling 1 ton of newspaper saves 15 trees.
  • Producing recycled white paper creates 74% less air pollution, 35% less water pollution, and 74% less process energy than producing paper from virgin fibers.
  • Recycling a soda can saves 96% of the energy used to make a can from ore and produces 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution.
  • It takes the energy equivalent to half a soda can of gasoline to produce one can from bauxite ore.