Recycling

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Recycling Aluminum saves 95% of energy vs. virgin aluminum and reduces pollution by 95%; recycling of one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours (Reynolds Metal Company).

Recycling Glass save 50% of energy to produce vs. virgin galss (Center for Ecological Technology). It reduces air pollution by 20% and water pollutions by 50% (NASA). Recycling of one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours (EPA).

Recycling Paper save 60% energy vs. virgin paper (Center for Ecological Technology). It generages 95% less air pollution: each ton saves 60lbs. of air pollution (Center for Ecological Tecnology). Recycling of each ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7000 gallons of water (EPA).

Recycling Plastic save twice as much energy as buring it in an incinerator. It takes 70% less energy to recycle plastic than it does to make it from raw materials. If we recycled every plastic bottle we used, we would keep 2 billion tons of plastic out of landfills (Penn State).