Why Your Office Should
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Every year, Americans throw away
enough office and writing paper to build a wall 12 feet high
from New York to Los Angeles. |
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The average American uses 580
pounds of paper each year. As a nation, we consume 850
million trees annually. |
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It takes 95% less energy to make
aluminum by recycling it than by producing it from its
natural ore, bauxite. It costs less too. |
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Americans throw away 2.5 million
plastic bottles every hour! |
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For every glass bottle recycled,
we save enough energy to light a 100 watt light bulb for 4
hours. |
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Recycling and Reusing the material
in "tin" cans reduces energy use by 74%, air pollution by
85%, solid waste by 95%, and water pollution by 76%. |
You can help by
recycling waste at work
as well as at home!
Office
Recycling "How to" |
