Recycling Facts

Individual consumers are the source of most steel cans found in municipal solid waste. #recycleguide bit.ly/1BNo5yZ

#Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees. #recycleguide bit.ly/1FjRGhf

Over 87% of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs. #recycleguide bit.ly/18grABV

#Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours. Time to #recycle! #recycleguide bit.ly/1D4QADR

Each ton of #recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, and 3 cubic yards of landfill space. #recycleguide bit.ly/1A2jKBf

On avg, each person produces 4.4 pounds of solid #waste each day or almost a ton of trash per person, per yr #recycleguide bit.ly/19paXUT

A single quart of motor oil, if disposed of improperly, can contaminate up to 2 million gallons of fresh water. #recycleguide bit.ly/1vu49z2

The amount of wood & paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years! #recycleguide bit.ly/1LxQlWo

You can #reuse clean concrete from remodeling and construction projects in foundations or as crushed stone. #recycleguide bit.ly/1LxPLb6

About one-third of an average dump is made up of packaging material! Time to #recycle and #reuse. #recycleguide bit.ly/18gsqi4

Glass can be #recycled again and again with no loss in quality or purity because it is 100% #recyclable! #recycleguide bit.ly/1JEccjl

Every year, each American throws out about 1,200 pounds of organic #garbage that can be composted. #recycleguide bit.ly/1BKbEEd