| Material |
Energy Savings |
Environmental Impact |
Natural Resource Savings |
Other |
| Recycling one aluminum saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours |
Reduces 95% of pollution |
One pound of recycled aluminum saves four pounds of bauxite |
We can rebuild our commercial air fleet four times every year by using all the aluminum that is thrown away |
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Recycling one glass container saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours |
20% less air pollution; 50% less water pollution |
one ton of glass made from 50% recycled materials saves 250 pounds of mining waste |
Glass can be reused an infinite number of times; over 41 billion glass containers are made per year |
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60% energy savings |
Each recycled ton saves 60 pounds of air pollution |
Each recycled ton saves 17 trees and 7000 gallons of water |
Every year enough paper is thrown away to make a 12 foot wall from New York to California |
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Plastic milk containers are only hald the weight they were in 1960 |
Saves waste, which emits toxic pollutants or irritants into the air |
If every plastic bottle used was recycled, two billion tons of plastic would be kept out of landfills |
We use enough plastic every year to cover Texas |
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One pound of steel recycled saves enough energy to light a 60-watt bulb for a day |
Every year we create 11.5 million tons of ferrous waste |
One ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 pounds of ore, 100 pounds of coal, and 40 pounds of limestone |
Enough iron and steel is thrown away to continually supply the nation's automakers |
