DID YOU KNOW?

1. Did you know the average 2,000 square foot home generates about 8,000 pounds of waste that is typically thrown into the landfill?
2. Did you know that an aluminum can that is recycled can be back  on the grocery store shelf in as little as 60 days?
3. Did you know that the cardboard that we recycle can be made into gift-wrap, new boxes, drywall liner, roofing felt and packaging materials?
4. Did you know that recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees?
5. Did you know that plastic is usually recycled into plastic lumber, benches, polymer blends and trash receptacles?
6. Did you know that a modern glass bottle could take 4,000 years or more to decompose?

7. Did you know that Americans throw away 25 million plastic beverage bottles every hour?

8. Did you know that recycled drywall is often made into Portland Cement, an amendment in composting systems and as an ingredient in agriculture land application?
9. Did you know that aluminum is recycled into beverage containers, automobiles, and construction materials?
10. Did you know that the US is the number one trash producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person, per year?
11. Did you know that recycling creates 1.1 million US jobs, $236 billion in gross annual sales and $37 billion in annual payrolls?
12. Did you know that every ton of paper recycled saves 17 trees?

13. Did you know that the energy we save when we recycle one glass bottle is enough to light a light bulb for four hours?