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RECYCLING REWARDS: Get Rewards for your Recycling.
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Facts and Stats

  • In the U.S. 350,000 new cans are produced every minute
  • A can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now
  • Every month we throw out enough glass jars to fill up Philadelphia's Municipal Services Building
  • Americans use 85,000,000 tons of paper a year, about 680 pounds per person
  • A glass bottle takes about 4,000 years to decompose, maybe never in a landfill
  • Each ton of recycled paper can save 7,000 gallons of water
  • Paper products that should be recycled make up the greatest portion of our trash – about 60%
  • The amount of wood and paper we throw away annually is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years
  • The energy saved from recycling one glass jar can run a 100-watt light bulb for 4 hours!
 
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