The Great Eight

Here are eight recycling facts for all you eco-sexy readers. One for each day of the week and then an extra one for good luck.

1. If you recycle an aluminum can it can save enough energy to watch television for 3 hours.

2. If everyone read just their Sunday paper online and there were no more paper versions made, 500,000 trees could be saved per week.

3. If we were to save all the wood and paper that we toss into the trash each year, the combined amount would be enough to heat 50 million homes for up to 20 years.

4. In the United States alone, over 25 million beverage bottles made of plastic are thrown away every sixty minutes.

5. If we were to wait for a glass bottle to decompose after throwing it away today, we would be waiting approximately 4000 years.

6. Glass and aluminum can be reused an unlimited amount of times.

7.By recycling one glass bottle, you can run an 100 watt light bulbs for 3 to 4 hours.

8. If all the paper that American businesses generate in just one day we laid out, that paper would be enough to circle the Earth about 20 times.

RECYCLE PEOPLE!
Save the planet. It’ll thank you later : )

Sources: GO GREEN Lifestyle