Interesting Recycling Facts

By recycling aluminum, we can save about 95 percent of the energy that is required to make them. The amount of aluminum thrown away by Americans each month can be used to reconstruct their complete commercial air vessels.

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By throwing away one can of aluminum the amount of energy wasted is the same as when a half full can of gasoline is drained into the ground.

If tin and steel cans are recycled then 74 percent of the energy which is used to make them can be saved.

The amount of steel and tin cans used by Americans each day is about 100 million.

The amount of energy saved by recycling steel in a year can be used to provide electricity to Los Angeles for almost 10 years.

Facts about recycling of paper

If 1 ton of paper is recycled then the energy saved is equal to 4,077 kilowatts of electricity.

Also 1 ton of paper recycling helps to save 3.05 cubic yards of landfill space, 17 trees, 460 gallons of oil and 6950 gallons of water.

Recycling paper reduces the air pollution by 73 percent when compared to making paper from raw materials.

Facts about recycling of plastic

If all the plastic bottles wasted by Americans in a year are collected, it would easily encircle the Earth 4 times.

Instead of making it from oil and gas, if plastic is recycled then about 90% of the energy can be saved.

Plastic can take nearly 500 years to rot.

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