RECYCLING FACTS*

¨ Cardboard is difficult to compact and takes up a tremendous amount of landfill space

¨ Each ton of waste paper recycled saves more than three cubic yards of landfill space

¨ Using recycled paper instead of virgin pulp uses less than half the amount of water

¨ Recycling one ton of newsprint save 17 trees

¨ Recycling one ton of glass saves more than three cubic yards of landfill space

¨ Less energy is used to melt recycled glass than virgin materials in the production of 
    new containers

¨ Recycling one ton of aluminum saves 27 cubic yards of landfill space

¨ Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to fill the can half full with gasoline

¨ Recycling plastic saves energy - 80% of the cost of plastic containers is in raw petroleum 
    materials

¨ One part of used motor oil can contaminate a million parts of water

¨ Americans who change their oil throw away 120 million gallons of recoverable motor oil 
    each year

¨ If this oil were recycled, it would save the U.S. 1.3 million barrels of oil per day
                                                                   *Courtesy of the Project Pride recycling pamphlet