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It takes 17 average-sized trees to make one ton of paper.
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Each of us generates 4.4 pounds of waste
per day
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350,000 aluminium cans are produced
every minute
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If everyone in the U. S. recycled just 1/10 of their newsprint, we would save the estimated equivalent of about 25,000,000 trees a year
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Five recycled two-liter soda bottles can be used to make one
square foot of carpet
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More than 20,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize
it
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One-third of the water used in most homes is flushed down the toilet
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The highest point in Ohio is said to be "Mount Rumpke," which is a "mountain" made up of trash -- at a sanitary landfill! Rumpke is one of the nation's largest
waste and recycling companies.
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In Britain, over 9 million "nappies" or disposable diapers, are used every day