Aluminium
Aluminum cans lost to landfills. Americans throw away nearly $1 billion worth of aluminum cans every year.
With no bottle deposit law in most states and countries recycling beverage containers is 100% voluntary.
There are over 80 billion aluminium cans used each and every year around the world. Aluminium cans can actually be recycled and put back onto the shelf at your local grocery store in just about 2 months.
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to listen to a full album on your iPod. Recycling 100 cans could light your bedroom for two whole weeks.
The average person has the opportunity to recycle more than 25,000 cans in a lifetime.
Plastics
Plastic constitutes approximately 90 percent of all trash floating on the ocean's surface, with 46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile.
Americans throw away 35 billion plastic water bottles every year
It takes ~450 years for a plastic bottle to decompose.
To date there is no monetary incentive to encourage recycling by the consumer in many countries.
38 billion plastic bottles, or more than 1 billion dollars in plastic bottles reach landfills every year.
We have currently only recover 5 percent of plastics we use.
Plastic constitutes approximately 90 percent of all trash floating on the ocean's surface, with 46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile.
Americans throw away 35 billion plastic water bottles every year
Americans will use over 2.5 million plastic bottles every thirty minutes, and most of them are simply thrown away rather than recycled.
Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent energy usage of a two person household for one year.
Glass
Glass is 100% recyclable and can be used again and again. Glass recycling is separated into colors because glass retains its color even after recycling.
Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to power a 100-watt bulb for four hours.
More than 28 billion glass bottles and jars end up in landfills every year -- that is the equivalent of filling up two Empire State Buildings every three weeks.
Everyone understands that recycling is important but how many of us actively recycle especially when we are away from home?
Our current methods of recycling require improvement if we are to accomplish zero waste to landfill targets set by many organizations.
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