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Recycling for our Future

Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil (enough to run
the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough
power for the average home for 6 months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill
space, and 60 pounds of air pollution. Trash to Cash
The U.S. is 5% of the world's population but uses 25% of its
natural resources. Environmental Protection Agency
Recycling glass, instead of making it from silica sand,
reduces mining waste by 75% and air pollution by 20%.
Lehigh County Solid Waste Management, 2003
About 86 percent of US landfills are currently leaking toxic
materials into lakes, streams, and aquifers. Once
groundwater is contaminated, it is extremely expensive and
difficult,to clean it up. EPA, 2003
Glass takes more than one million years to decompose in our landfills. California Department of Conservation, 2003

In 2000, 45.4 % of the total paper generated in the US was recycled, up from 28 % in
990. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
The energy saved each year by steel recycling is equal to the electrical power used by 18
million homes each year - or enough energy to power the combined residents of
Montgomery County, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
for eight years. Steel Recycling Institute
Recycling collection and processing, and manufacturing with recycled materials employed
952,614 people in 2001, and paid $34 billion in wages. National Recycling Coalition,
2001