Recycling Facts

• Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil, 7,000 gallons of water and 4,100 kilowatt hours of electricity.
• Recycling one ton of plastic saves, on average, the energy equivalent of 197 gallons of gasoline.
• Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as it takes to burn it.
• Recycling 1 ton of plastic can save 1-2 thousand gallons of gas.
• 24 gallons of water is needed to produce one pound of plastic.
• It requires about 1.78 kilograms of petroleum feedstock to make a kilogram of polystyrene.
• Every ton of steel recycled saves 2,500 lbs. of iron ore, 1,400 lbs. of coal and 120 lbs. of limestone.
• Recycling one ton of aluminum saves 37 barrels of oil.
• It takes approximately three quarts of oil to produce one new printer ink cartridge