| • In 2001, U.S. residents,
businesses, and institutions produced more than 229
million tons of MSW, which is approximately 4.4 pounds
of waste per person per day, up from 2.7 pounds per
person per day in 1960 |
| • Americans use an estimated 2.5 million plastic
bottles every hour, of which only a small portion gets
recycled |
| • Americans throw away enough
office paper each year to create a small wall 12' high
that reaches from Los Angeles to New York City |
| • Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380
gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4,
000 kilowatts of energy and 7, 000 gallons of water.
Hooray for recycling |
| • By turning your central heating
thermostat only one degree, your fuel consumption can be
cut as much as 10 percent |
| • The sun provides enough energy in one single
minute to supply the entire world's energy needs for one
year |
| • If four people in a family
shower each day for five minutes, in one week they would
use 700 gallons of water. This is enough for one person
to live off of for three years |
| • Recycling is about conserving and protecting the
environment for a better tomorrow for our children's
children and all the creatures that live on it.
Everything we do or don't do makes a difference – no
matter how big or small. Even if we change only one
thing we do, it still counts |
| • Every ton of recycled paper
saves almost 400 gallons of oil. That should help bring
gas prices down |
| • You could operate a television set for an
estimated three hours with the energy saved by recycling
one aluminum can |
| • Americans discard enough steel
and iron to continuously supply all of the country's
automakers |
| • If you recycle soda cans, the energy used, and air
pollution created, is 95 percent less than if the cans
were produced from raw materials |
| • By recycling all of your
newspapers for only one year, you could save an
estimated four trees and 2, 200 gallons of water and
stop 15 pounds of pollutants from entering our air |
