Good Reasons to Recycle

1. It takes 75,000 trees each week to produce the Sunday edition of the New York Times.
2. If we recycled just one-tenth of newspapers, we would save 25 million trees a year.
3. 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%.
4. It takes 95% less energy to make aluminium by recycling it than by producing it from its natural ore, bauxite. It costs less too.
5. In just over a week, we produce enough rubbish to fill Wembley stadium. Over half of that waste can be recycled.
6. In 1991, the Great Wall of China became the second largest man-made structure in the world. The largest was Fresh Kills Landfill, serving New York City. It is now the highest point on the east coast.
7. Incinerating 10,000 tonnes of waste creates 1 job, landfill the same amount of waste creates 6 jobs, but recycling the same 10,000 tonnes creates 36 jobs.
8. For every glass bottle recycled, we save enough energy to light a 100 Watt light bulb for 4 hours.
9. Every year, Americans throw away enough office and writing paper to build a wall 12 feet high from New York to Los Angeles.
10. The UK produces 420 million tonnes of solid waste every year. That's the weight of 5 cars for each person every year. We only recycle 11% of it.

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