Recycling Facts

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• Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than if it was made from raw materials

• For every tonne of paper recycled 17 trees are saved

• Each tonne of paper recycled saves enough electricity to power an average 3 bedroom house for one year

• Every tonne of newspaper recycled saves enough energy to power a TV for 31 hours

• Recycling one plastic bottle can save the same amount of energy needed to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours

• A plastic bottle can take up to 500 years to decompose

• Most families throw away about 40kg of plastic per year, which could otherwise be recycled

• Recycling corrugated cardboard cuts the emissions of sulphur dioxide in half and uses about 25% less energy than making cardboard from virgin pulp

• Recycling one tonne of cardboard saves over nine cubic yards of landfill space

• Every tonne of aluminium cans recycled saves 9tonnes of CO2 emissions

• For every tonne of cardboard recycled, 17 trees are saved

• A plastic bottle can take up to 500 years to decompose

• It takes twenty five 2 litre plastic bottles to make one fleece jacket

• Each tonne of paper recycled saves enough electricity to power a 3 bedroom house for one year