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Garbage Facts<\/h3>\n

The U.S. throws away around 200 million tons of garbage each day. The Average American generates about 4 pounds of garbage each day. That is approximately 1,460 pounds per person per year. Paper takes up as much as 50% of landfill space! If line up bumper to bumper, a string of garbage trucks hauling the nations daily waste could reach halfway to the moon.<\/p>\n

The Life of Litter-Decomposition Rate of Trash<\/strong>
\nSource: The New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n

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  • Paper: 2.5 months<\/li>\n
  • Orange Peel: 6 months<\/li>\n
  • Milk Carton: 5 years<\/li>\n
  • Cigarette Butt: 10 to 12 years<\/li>\n
  • Plastic Bag: 10 to 20 years<\/li>\n
  • Disposable Diaper: 75 years<\/li>\n
  • Tin Can: 100 years<\/li>\n
  • Beer Can: 200 to 500 years<\/li>\n
  • Styrofoam: never<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Paper Facts<\/h3>\n
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    • A fifteen year old tree produces only 700 grocery bags.<\/li>\n
    • The average person in North America uses 250 Kg (551 lb.) of paper each year. If they recycled it, each person would save about 4.6 average-sized trees.<\/li>\n
    • When 1 ton of newsprint is recycled, 3 cubic meters of landfill space is saved and 13-17 trees are spared!<\/li>\n
    • A stack of newspaper, collected for recycling and piled one meter high, saves a 10 meter tall evergreen tree.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Environmental Advantages of Recycling<\/h3>\n

      Source: Garten Services Inc.<\/p>\n

      For every ton of paper recycled:<\/p>\n

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      • 17 pulpwood trees are conserved.<\/li>\n
      • 500 pounds of air pollutants are not emitted.<\/li>\n
      • 12,000 gallons of processed water are conserved.<\/li>\n
      • Water pollution is reduced by 40%.<\/li>\n
      • Energy equivalent to 96 gallons of gasoline are conserved.<\/li>\n
      • Solid waste pollution is reduced.<\/li>\n
      • 5 cubic yards of landfill space is conserved.<\/li>\n
      • The amount of money to process the landfill space is conserved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Cans and Bottles:<\/p>\n

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        • The energy saved from recycling one aluminum can will run your TV for 3 hours.<\/li>\n
        • It takes 2 plastic soft drink bottles to make enough polyester fiber for a baseball cap.<\/li>\n
        • When you recycle one glass bottle, you save the amount of energy needed to light a 100 watt bulb for 4 hours.<\/li>\n
        • Americans go through 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.<\/li>\n
        • The plastic from 5 soda bottles can completely insulate a ski jacket.<\/li>\n
        • Recycling a glass jar saves enough energy to light a 100 watt bulb for 4 hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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