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Recycling just half of your annual recyclable household waste saves 2400 pounds of CO2

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It limits pollution

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Aluminum can be recycled forever. Over 2/3 of all Aluminum ever created is still in use. Most of the other 1/3 is Aluminum cans in landfills. Needless to say, if we recycle Aluminum cans we can cut down on Aluminum in landfills.

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In 1997, the U.S. recycled 13 million cars, which conserved 32.5 billion pounds of iron ore,18.2 billion pounds of coal and 1.5 billion pounds of limestone.

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4% of U.S. annual oil consumption or roughly 219 million barrels of oil goes into the manufacture of plastic. Thus increasing the amount of plastic we recycle can make a significant impact on oil use.

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Americans disposed of 83 million tons of paper products in 2003. According to the EPA,by recycling nearly half of that,we save 705 million trees and 290 billion gallons of fresh water.

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It conserves natural resources

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In 2005 from PET plastic recycling the U.S. saved 60 trillion BTU's of energy.

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Recycling 1 pound of soda bottles saves 1200 BTU's of energy

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In 2003 Americans recycled 40 million tons of paper creating an energy savings 163 trillion kilowatt hours.

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The glass industry found that it takes 50% less energy to make glass from recycled glass than it does to make it from raw materials.

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Recycling 1 can=3 hours of TV so in 2003 the U.S. saved enough energy to run 162 billion hours of TV, or about 25 hours for every man woman and child on earth.

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In 2003 the energy savings from recycling 54 billion aluminum cans exceeded the energy equivalent of 15 million barrels of crude oil. The amount the U.S. uses in one day.

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It saves energy.