Fun Facts for kids. Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4,000 kilowatts of energy and 7,000 gallons of water! Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper per year, or about 580 pounds per person.
Five plastic bottles (PET) recycled provides enough fiber to create one square feet of carpet or enough fiber fill to fill one ski jacket. Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent energy usage of a two person household for one year.
Fun recycling facts for children
Benefits of Recycling
Benefits of Recycling
Landfills - Recycling materials means less trash and saves space in dumps and landfills. Resources - When we use materials again, this means we can take fewer resources from the Earth. Pollution - In general, recycling materials can produce less pollution helping to keep our environment clean.
The problem with recycling is that people can't decide which of two things is really going on. One possibility is that recycling transforms garbage into a commodity. If that's true, then the price of pickup, transport, sorting, cleaning, and processing can be paid out of the proceeds, with something left over.
The reason why recycling is so important is that it prevents pollution, reduces the need to harvest new raw materials, saves energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, saves money, reduces the amount of waste that ends up in landfills, and allows products to be used to their fullest extent.
There are three main types of recycling: primary, secondary, and tertiary.
Recycling saves energy and water, lowers pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, improves air and water quality, preserves landfill space and conserves natural resources. ... Recycling is cleaner and more energy-efficient than mining, refining, and processing new items from raw resources.
“Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into reusable objects to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, energy usage, air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by decreasing the need for “conventional” waste disposal ...
Recycling can prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, thereby reducing: energy usage, air pollution (from incineration), and water pollution (from landfilling).
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