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Did you know the average 2,000 square foot home generates about 8,000 pounds of waste that is typically thrown into the landfill? |
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Did you know that an aluminum can that is recycled can be back on the grocery store shelf in as little as 60 days? |
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Did you know that the cardboard that we recycle can be made into gift-wrap, new boxes, drywall liner, roofing felt and packaging materials? |
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Did you know that recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees? |
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Did you know that plastic is usually recycled into plastic lumber, benches, polymer blends and trash receptacles? |
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Did you know that a modern glass bottle could take 4,000 years or more to decompose? |
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Did you know that Americans throw away 25 million plastic beverage bottles every hour? |
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Did you know that recycled drywall is often made into Portland Cement, an amendment in composting systems and as an ingredient in agriculture land application? |
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Did you know that aluminum is recycled into beverage containers, automobiles, and construction materials? |
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Did you know that the US is the number one trash producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person, per year? |
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Did you know that recycling creates 1.1 million US jobs, $236 billion in gross annual sales and $37 billion in annual payrolls? |
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Did you know that every ton of paper recycled saves 17 trees? |
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Did you know that the energy we save when we recycle one glass bottle is enough to light a light bulb for four hours? |