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Recycling
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In one year there is enough waste produced in the United States to fill garbage cans that would stretch from the Earth to the moon. –Jennifer Carless, author of: Taking Out the Trash: A No-Nonsense Guide to Recycling
According to the EPA: We dispose of our trash:73% landfills14% incinerated13% recycled
That trash is broken down:40% paper and paperboard18% yard wastes9% metals8% plastics7% glass 4% wood3% rubber and leather2% textiles3% miscellaneous
A Recycling Revolution: Recycling costs $20 less per ton than land
filling and $30-$45 less per ton than incineration
Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator, and the energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours
Recycle!
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