Recycle Facts archive for June, 2012
Recycling Saves Energy
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline. The amount of wood and paper we (in the U.S.) throw away each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years. Each ton ...
"There is no such thing as AWAY"
Thursday's Thought:* A quote from Annie Leonard: "There really is no such thing as AWAY" ~ when we throw anything away it must go somewhere . . . so really there is No Away" What's the Energy Footprint of Water Bottles? The Pacific Institute breaks it down like this: "Because ...
40 % of Our Recyclables are on the Garbage Truck
ABOUT 70% OF THE "WASTE STREAM" (stuff being "thrown out") CAN BE RECYCLED. Pinehurst recycles about 150 Ts/mo. and sends 310 Ts/mo. to the landfill - almost 33% of their "waste stream" is recycled. Southern Pines recycles about 105 Ts/mo. and sends 333 Ts/mo. to the landfill - almost 24% ...
