Recycling
Facts
Recycling
is the process of turning old products into
new ones. Recycling is good
for the environment-it
saves natural resources, energy and reduces
pollution. Recycling is also good for the
economy!
•
The recycling industry supports 4.3% of the
jobs
in Ohio.
• Recycling
supports 3,177 business establishments in Ohio
employing 98,302 people.
• Recycling
businesses generate $490 million in Ohio state
taxes.
• Recycling
on ton of plastic saves the equivalent of 1,00
to 2,000 gallons of gasoline.
Facts
About Paper Recycling
• Recycling a four-foot stack of newspaper
produces as much paper pulp as a
40-foot pine tree.
• Manufacturing recycled paper produces
55% less air and water pollution
than manufacturing
paper from virgin wood.
• Recycling your daily newspaper for
one year would provide the pulp equivalent
of 2/3
acre of commercial
forest.
• Recycling one ton of newspaper saves
17 pine trees.
• Every day American businesses generate
enough paper to circle the Earth
20 times.
• Paper recycled today will be recycled
into new paper, and back on the store
shelf
in about 60
days.
• Making recycled-paper generates 74%
less air pollution and 35% less water
pollution
and
uses 64% less energy than making
paper from virgin
timber.
Facts
About Recycling Aluminum
• Recycling just one aluminum can saves
enough energy to run a TV for 3
hours.
• Manufacturing cans from recycled
aluminum produces 96% less air & water pollution than manufacturing
cans from raw material (bauxite).
• Throwing away an aluminum can,
verses recycling it, is like pouring
out
six ounces of gasoline.
• In one year, recycling allows aluminum
companies to save the equivalent
of more than 19 million
barrels of oil
Facts
About Recycling Steel
• If you stacked all the steel cans
that were recycled each year,
they would
reach from
here to the
moon and back again more than
three times.
• You could power 18 million American
homes with the energy saved by
recycling steel
each year.
• Recycling one pound of steel
can power a 60-watt light bulb
for
more than
one day.
Facts
About Recycling Motor Oil
• Motor oil does not wear out.
It simply gets dirty. It can
be re-refined
and used again
and again.
• When used motor oil is poured
into the ground, it can seep
into the
groundwater & contaminate
drinking water supplies. A
single quart of motor oil can
pollute 250,000 gallons of
water in our
rivers and lakes.
Buy
Recycled
Have you ever wondered why
you can't just toss anything
that's
marked
with the recycling
arrows
into your bin? After Rumpke
collects your recycling, they sell the
material so it
can be remanufactured into
new products. But if no one
wants to buy
the material, then they can't
recycle it -- even
if the technology exists. Buying
recycled products helps change this situation.
Every
time you buy
a recycled
product, you increase
the demand for recycled
materials. You also:
• Preserve natural resources
by decreasing the demand
for virgin
materials.
• Conserve energy. It often
takes less energy to make
goods out
of recycled
materials
than from
virgin materials.
• Help keep our air and water
clean. In most cases, making
products
from recycled
materials
creates
less air and water pollution
than making products from
virgin materials.
• Save landfill space by keeping
recyclable material out
of the landfill.
• Create jobs and save money.
Processing recyclables
creates more jobs
than landfills or incinerators
and is often a less expensive
waste
management method for cities
and towns.
• Help move the state toward
a more sustainable future.
Recycling
in Milford
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