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Aluminium
Plastic
Paper
Glass
Aluminium is produced annually ,51,000 tonnes of which ends up as packaging in the US
275,000 tonnes of plasc are used each year in the UK, that’s about 15 Million boles per day.
Most families throw away about 40 kg of plasc per year, which could otherwise be recycled.
The use of plasc in Western Europe is growing about 4% each year.
Each US family uses an average of 500 glass boles and jars annually
Recycled paper produces 73% less air polluon than if it was made from raw materials.
12.5 Million tonnes of paper and cardboard are used annually in the US
The average person in the UK gets through 38 kg of newspapers per year
It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of newspaper
Glass is 100% recyclable and can be used again and again
Glass that is thrown away and ends up in landfills will never decompose
The largest glass furnace produces over 1 Million glass boles and jars per day
If all cans in the US were recycled, we would need 14 million fewer dustbins
Aluminium cans can be recycled and ready to use in just 6 weeks
24 Million Tonnes
Plastic bottle recycling increased by more than 6% last year even as the amount of resin used to make those bottles remained essentially steady compared
to the previous year.
Recycling is a process to change waste materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials. It not only reduces pollution, but also
keeps the environment fresh.
Why You Can't Ignore Plastics Recycling
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
RECYCLING HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS
PLASTIC RECYCLING FACTS AND FIGURES
Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled
The unreleased energy contained in the average dustbin each year could power a television for 5,000 hours.
As much as 50% of waste in the average dustbin could be composted
Up to 80% of a vehicle can be recycled.
2.5 MILLION
$25 MILLION
2.4MILLION
$4000
102.1BILLION Plasc boles are used in every hour
Pasc bags are used In every year
Tons of PET plasc discarded in USA
It costs approximately $4000 to recycle one ton of plasc bags
Spent in the state of California to disposeplasc wastes into
landfills.