To: Earthlings
From: Mother Earth
RE: You Make a Difference NOTE
When you reduce, reuse and recycle,
I can breathe a litle easie r.
CANS PAPER GLASS
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Aluminum cans made from
50% recycled aluminum result
in a 95% energy savings and
40% less carbon emissions
during production.
Recycling 48 cans is
the energy equivalent of
conserving one gallon
of gas.
Glass made from recycled
glass results in a 50% energy
savings during production.
A ton of glass made from 50%
recycled materials like sand,
soda ash, and limestone saves
about 300 lbs. of mining waste.
Paper made from recycled
paper results in a 64%
energy savings and uses up
to 80% less water during
production.
Recycling one ton of paper
saves 17 trees and 462
gallons of oil.
One pound of newspaper
can be recycled into 6 cereal
boxes or egg cartons.
If everyone in the US reduced
the 10.8 pieces of junk mail
received each week, nearly
100 million trees would be
saved each year.
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If every household in the
US replaced one roll of nonrecycled
paper towels with
one roll of 100% recycled
paper towels, 864,000 trees
and 3.4 million cubic feet of
landfill space would be saved.
Keep up the good work! And remember to always love your Mother (Earth).
Source: Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District: cuyahogarecycles.org.
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