• Every ton of newspaper recycled saves 4100 kWh or enough energy to power a TV for 31 hours.
  
• Since the early 1970's, Americans have earned $6.4 billion from their recycling of aluminum cans.
  
• Glass never wears out - it can be recycled forever.
  
• There were 5,345 landfills in the U.S. and its territories in 1992.
  
• Every day Americans use enough steel and tin cans to make a steel pipe running from Los Angeles to New York ... and back.
  
• Plastic soft drink bottles are remanufactured into fabric and products such as fleece outerwear, bedding products, office products and durable carpeting.
  
• Every day American businesses generate enough paper to circle the earth 20 times!

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