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The average American produces about 1,600 pounds of garbage a year 29 pounds per week and 4.4 pounds a day
Approximately 60% of garbage thrown away today could be recycled
Recycling just 1 plastic bottle can save the environment from the emissions in producing new bottles enough energy to power a 60W light bulb for 6 hours and the oil used to produce that bottle
Every 1 ton of plastic that is recycled can save almost 2000 pounds of oil
Glass takes up to 4000 years to decompose in a landfill yet can be recycled indefinitely
The energy saved from recycling 1 glass bottle can run a compact fluorescent bulb for 20 hours
Each ton of recycled paper can save 4000 kilowatts of energy 380 gallons of oil 17 trees 7000 gallons of water
This represents an energy savings of 64% a water savings of 58% and 60 pounds less of air pollution
Recycle Reuse Reclaim Regenerate
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