Aluminum
- Aluminum cans are 100% recyclable
- Every minute of every day, an average of more than 123,000 aluminum cans are recycled.
- Used aluminum cans are recycled and returned to store shelves as new cans in as few as 60 days.
- Recycling one can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours or a 100-watt light bulb for four hours
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Paper
- Paper gets thrown away more than any other material.
- The average household throws away 13,000 separate pieces of paper each year. Most is packaging and junk mail.
- To produce each week's Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.
- For every ton of paper recycled, we save 4,100 kilowatts of electricity for three hours
Plastic
- Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour!
- Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator.
- Half of the polyester carpet made in the United States is made from recycled plastic
- Every year we make enough plastic film to shrink-wrap Texas!
Glass
- Americans throw away enough glass bottles & jars every two weeks to fill 1,350 foot towers.
- Glass never wears out -- it can be recycled forever.
- Recycling glass reduces pollution by 14 to 20%.
- Most bottles and jars contain at least 25% recycled glass.
Rainforests
- Rainforests are extremely important for our ecosystem
- Rainforests help to stabilize the entire climate of the world
- Although the rainforest is home to the most number of plants and animal species, it covers only 6% of the surface of the earth
- Many healing medicines are made from various Rain Forest plants
- Rainforests are also being cut down due to companies out to seek oil or even carry out mining activities in these areas
Endangered Animals
- In the United States, 735 species of plants and 496 species of animals are listed as threatened or endangered.
- There are more than 1,000 animal species endangered worldwide
- Wild animals, like bears and wolves, have fewer places to live when humans move into their habitat. They are hunted and eventually wiped out in some areas.
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