interesting recycling facts
Megan Stubblefield MA Environmental Sciences and Policy.
Many people are eager to help the environment by recycling They might be more willing to do so if they knew some important facts recycling recycling is essential to the conservation of green living resources ensures that future generations will enough that the natural world has to offer.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection MDEP indicates that demand for aluminum cans is consistently high As such, the facts related to recycling aluminum cans are particularly important because many of them are used recycled, or ultimately discarded It is important not to underestimate the value of recycling aluminum cans.
Keep America Beautiful KAB indicates that the recycled content of aluminum cans is 68 percent.
enough energy is saved by the recycling of aluminum can to run a TV for three hours, depending KAB.
If twice as much aluminum was recycled worldwide, more than one million tonnes of air pollutants would be eliminated each year, according to the Univeristy of Central Oklahoma.
recycled aluminum cans are used to manufacture fresh aluminum cans according to MDEP because the quality of recycled aluminum is equally high DSM indicates that aluminum cans may be recycled indefinitely.
Recycling tin and steel cans can hold between 60 and 74 percent of the energy that was used to create them in the first place, according to the Environmental Protection Agency EPA.
The modern world still works on paper to a large extent, even in the information age it is important to keep in mind the consequences of the use of paper, especially recycling.
Creating a ton of recycled paper uses only about 60 percent of the energy required for a blank tonne of paper, according to EPA.
According to estimates of Conservatree people can save about 24 trees by recycling one ton of office paper.
The EPA says it takes 900 million trees to meet the needs of pulp and American papers.
Recycling one ton of office paper can hold 4,100 Kwh of energy, according to Stanford University.
Many drinks still come in glass bottles, and a lot of production and have as glass bottles has a huge effect on the environment.
DSM indicates that the glass can be recycled indefinitely.
According MDEP, recycled glass can be used to create the fiberglass and glass bottles and jars cool.
Glass bottles left in landfills won t biodegrade for a million years or more, according to the EPA.
The EPA says recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb on for four hours.
Much of what people drink comes from plastic bottles Plastic bottles of these has many uses, which makes it even more useless when these resources are lost.
Plastic bottles in landfills won t bio-degrade for 700 years, according to DSM.
1 recycled plastic is made of fleece vests, carpeting, backpacks, and insulation for sleeping bags and ski jackets, according to MDEP.
The MDEP also said that 2 recycled plastic can be made into fresh bottles, plastic timber, and play games in the case of plastic milk and juice bottles.
2 recycled plastic detergent bottles may be converted to frisbees, buckets, stadium seats, and containers according to MDEP.
It is important to keep in mind that when items discarded are placed in a regular trash can, they will be used to cover landfills When items are placed in the recycling containers, they will be reused to make new products the resources involved in the production of these items will always be available, which makes all the difference at the societal level.
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