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  • 1 recycled glass bottle will save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.
  • 1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a light bulb for 3 hours.
  • 70% less energy is needed to recycle paper as opposed to making it from raw materials.
  • Researchers say that up to 80% of the things we throw away could be easily recycled or composted.
  • We send over 20,000 tones of batteries to landfill each year, and it takes 50 times more energy to make a battery than you actually get from a battery.
  • Aluminum cans are 100% recyclable, meaning each can you place in the recycling can end up back on the shelf within 60 days.
  • Every steel can is 100% recyclable, it can be turned into more steel cans, bicycles, parts for cars and many other every day products each and every time.
  • In 2010 USA paper recycling had increased by over 89% compared to 20 years earlier.
  • It takes one tree to make 230 average sized newspapers/magazines.
  • Each tons of recycled paper will save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic meters of landfill space, 4000 KW of energy and 7000 gallons of water.
  • It can take just 7 days to turn old newspapers, books and magazines back into new ones.

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