Recycling
We know recycling is beneficial, but here are some facts (some may be startling) that serve to emphasize the point..
- About 40% of the waste in the U.S. is paper, but nationwide we only recycle about 25-30% of our paper waste.
- Americans throw away close to the equivalent of 30 million trees a year, just from newsprint alone.
- In America we discard enough motor oil per year to fill 120 supertankers.
- Landfills are filling up and closing at the rate of approximately 2 a day.
- A glass bottle thrown away today will still be there in the year 3000.
- In the United States, one in every six trucks is a garbage truck.
- You would be able to circle the earth 436 times per year with the Styrofoam cups that are used in the United States.
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