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 | Recycling one can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours or a 100-watt light bulb for four hours. Source: www.recycle.novelis.com |
| It takes an aluminum can 500 years to breakdown in a landfill, but only six weeks to be recycled and back on a shelf. Source: www.sandiegozoo.org |  |
 | Each of us generates an average of 4.4 pounds of trash per day. During an American's lifespan, he/she will throw away 60 times his/her adult weight in garbage, leaving approximately 90,000 pounds of trash for his/her children. |
| 100 million trees are cut down every year to make the paper for junk mail. One-half of junk mail is thrown away unopened and unread. |  |
 | One gallon of oil can pollute a million gallons of water. |
| Recycling a three foot stack of newspapers equals a 67 foot tree. |  |
 | Recycling one glass bottle saves enough electricity to light a light bulb for four hours. |
| Each year, an estimated 500 billion to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide. That comes out to over one million per minute. Billions end up as litter each year. |  |
 | According to the EPA, over 380 billion plastic bags, sacks and wraps are consumed in the U.S. each year. |
| Plastic bags don't biodegrade, they photodegrade, breaking down into smaller and smaller toxic bits contaminating soil and waterways and entering the food web when animals accidentally ingest. |  |
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