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10
Good Reasons To Recycle:
YOU
CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
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It
takes 75,000 trees each week to produce the Sunday edition
of the New York Times. |
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If
Americans recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers,
we would save 25 million trees a year. |
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Recycling
and Reusing the material in "tin" cans reduces
energy use by 74 percent, air pollution by 85 percent,
solid waste by 95 percent, and water pollution by 76 percent. |
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It
takes 95 percent less energy to make aluminum by recycling
it than by producing it from its natural ore, bauxite.
It cost less too. |
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The
average American uses 580 pounds of paper each year. As
a nation, we consume 850 million trees annually. |
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In
1991, the Great Wall of China became the second largest
man-made structure in the world. The largest was Fresh
Kills Landfill, serving New York City. It is now the highest
point on the east coast. |
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Americans
throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.
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For
every glass bottle recycled, we save enough energy to
light a 100 watt light bulb for four hour. |
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Every
year, Americans throw away enough office and writing paper
to build a wall 12 feet high from New York to Los Angeles. |
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In
one year, American steel recycling saves enough energy
to heat and light 18 million homes. One pound of recycled
steel saves enough energy to light a 60 watt bulb for
24 hours. |
