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[Jul. 6th, 2006|02:43 pm] |
-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 4000 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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[Oct. 4th, 2004|12:35 am] |
friends only.
don't be shy! |
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