Interesting Recycling facts!

RECYCLING =EACH YEAR= 21.5 ONE PERSON GENERATES TRASH SOLID WASTE ---MILLION--- 4.5 1.5 TONS OF FOOD LBS/DAY TONS/YEAR WASTE BEING SENT TO LANDFILLS INSTEAD MILLION CARS ON THE ROAD OF BEING COMPOSTED, CREATING MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAN WHAT MATTERS IS TO REALIZE THAT FOOD DISCARDS ARE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE. BUT FOOD DISCARDS ARE ALSO THE EASIEST PART OF WASTE TO RECYCLE 75 30 A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO RECOVER AND RECYCLE 50%-100% OF THEIR FOOD DISCARD THIS SHOWS THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE FOR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS ALIKE OF SOLID WASTE IS IS ACTUALLY RECYCLED. RECYCLABLE. PERCENT ONLY ABOUT PERCENT ----- EPA ----- EVERY TON OF PAPER RECYCLED 2004, NUMBER OF ALUMINUM CANS LANDFILLED REACHED SAVES ALTHOUGH RECYCLING IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD OF PLASTIC WASTE POLLUTION PREVENTION, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF Aul. PLASTIC PRODUCTS ARE RECYCLED IN THE US. AMERICANS THROW AWAY 55 17 THE AMOUNT OF WOOD AND PAPER WE THROW AWAY EACH YEAR IS ENOUGH TO HEAT THIRTY FOOT TALL TREES BILLION 380 50 GALLONS OF OIL ENOUGH TO FILL THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 4100 KWH OF ENERGY 7000 25.000,000 GALLONS OF WATER 20X 3.5 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF LANDFILL SPACE PLASTIC BEVERAGE BOTTLES EVERY HOUR! TIME 2000 HOMES FOR 20 YEARS LESS THAN BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM ARE RECYCLED, ALUMINUM EVEN SO, THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO REPLACE JUST THE ALUMINUM Ib CANS WASTED IN 2001 WAS EQUIVALENT 1% REA MILLION MORE 12-0U NCE CANS ACCOUNT FOR OF THE TOTAL U.S. WASTE STREAM ENOUGH TO MEET ELECTRICITY NEED OF ALL HOMES FOR THAT YEAR IN [ CHICAGO ] [ DALLAS ] [ DETROIT ] [ SAN FRANCISCO ][SEATTLE ] MIN D= 500 CANS MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PLASTIC BAG CAN TAKE UP TO TI ONE THOUSAND YEARS 100% 85 THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL TRASH BIN WILL BE FILLED WITH APPROXIMATELY MAKING GLASS FROM RECYCLED ABOUT TO DISSOLVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT 22 MATERIALS REDUCES ENERGY (GLASS FURNACES ÀRE QUITE ENERGY-INTENSIVE), AND REDUCES THE NEED FOR RAW MATERIALS SUCH AS LIMESTONE, SODA ASH AND SAND PERCENT 12% PERCENT OF GLASS CONTAINER PLASTICS AND AMERICANS THROW AWAY APPROXIMATELY ARE OF ALL E-WASTE GOES UNRECYCLED, WHILE 200 MILLION EVERY YEAR. RECYCLED ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. 3 MILLION WORLDWIDE HUMANS WASTE 4,000,000,000 -TONS ENTER------ THE WASTE STREAM PLASTIC BAGS ANNUALLY 0% O CITY RECYCLING RATE AND POPULATION SAN ANTONIO INDIANAROLUS CAN FRANCIS NEW YORK DETROIT 55% 4% 10.5% 11% 70% 764,9 POPULATION ТОTAL 916,95 TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION ТОTAL http://www.FastHaul.com COMPARING COUNTRIES AMAZING RECYCLING ONE OF EUROPE'S THE WORLD'S FEW EFFORTS MADE. ONE OF THE WORST STILL FAR BELOW EFFORTS. BOTTLE LEADERS OF THE "GREENEST" COUNTRIES. 31% OVER 1BILLION EUROPEAN THE LEADING BANKS IN EVERY PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES WASTED ENVIRONMENT. COUNTRIES FOR COUNTRIES FOR SUPERMARKET OF ALL HOUSEHOLD ITS CITIZENS NEED RECYCLING BUT RECYCLING; HARDLY ANY EFFORT WITH SEPARATE WASTE IS RECYCLED. TO RECYCLE EVERY YEAR. NOW RECYCLES 28% CONTAINERS FOR 62% IS INCINERATED AS MUCH AS 1/5TH OF THE MADE. THERE ARE OF ITS WASTE, E COUNTRY'S WASTE T IS PLASTIC; ONLY 1% IS RECYCLED. CLEAR, GREEN AND AND 6% IS LANDFILL POSSIBLE AS LAWS IN PLACE TWICE AS MUCH AS BROWN GLASS. WASTE. STATED BY LAW. BUT NOBODY 15 YEARS AGO. REGULAR PAPER BOTHERS. 40% OF PLASTICS COLLECTION IN ARE RECYCLED. EVERY TOWN. SOURCES: http://www.care2.com/causes/getting-wasted-recycling-stats-from-around-the-world.html http://www.ecolife.com/recycling/tips-basics/recycling-facts-statistics.html http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw2009-fs.pdf http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/rankings/mrs2009.html http://www.greenwaste.com/recycling-stats SWITZERLAND BFIN 4 YEARS, IT WENT UP 9 BILLION CANS- DENMARK GERMANY GREECE ITALY USA OF CRUDE UIL, RECYCLING =EACH YEAR= 21.5 ONE PERSON GENERATES TRASH SOLID WASTE ---MILLION--- 4.5 1.5 TONS OF FOOD LBS/DAY TONS/YEAR WASTE BEING SENT TO LANDFILLS INSTEAD MILLION CARS ON THE ROAD OF BEING COMPOSTED, CREATING MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAN WHAT MATTERS IS TO REALIZE THAT FOOD DISCARDS ARE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE. BUT FOOD DISCARDS ARE ALSO THE EASIEST PART OF WASTE TO RECYCLE 75 30 A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO RECOVER AND RECYCLE 50%-100% OF THEIR FOOD DISCARD THIS SHOWS THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE FOR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS ALIKE OF SOLID WASTE IS IS ACTUALLY RECYCLED. RECYCLABLE. PERCENT ONLY ABOUT PERCENT ----- EPA ----- EVERY TON OF PAPER RECYCLED 2004, NUMBER OF ALUMINUM CANS LANDFILLED REACHED SAVES ALTHOUGH RECYCLING IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD OF PLASTIC WASTE POLLUTION PREVENTION, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF Aul. PLASTIC PRODUCTS ARE RECYCLED IN THE US. AMERICANS THROW AWAY 55 17 THE AMOUNT OF WOOD AND PAPER WE THROW AWAY EACH YEAR IS ENOUGH TO HEAT THIRTY FOOT TALL TREES BILLION 380 50 GALLONS OF OIL ENOUGH TO FILL THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 4100 KWH OF ENERGY 7000 25.000,000 GALLONS OF WATER 20X 3.5 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF LANDFILL SPACE PLASTIC BEVERAGE BOTTLES EVERY HOUR! TIME 2000 HOMES FOR 20 YEARS LESS THAN BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM ARE RECYCLED, ALUMINUM EVEN SO, THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO REPLACE JUST THE ALUMINUM Ib CANS WASTED IN 2001 WAS EQUIVALENT 1% REA MILLION MORE 12-0U NCE CANS ACCOUNT FOR OF THE TOTAL U.S. WASTE STREAM ENOUGH TO MEET ELECTRICITY NEED OF ALL HOMES FOR THAT YEAR IN [ CHICAGO ] [ DALLAS ] [ DETROIT ] [ SAN FRANCISCO ][SEATTLE ] MIN D= 500 CANS MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PLASTIC BAG CAN TAKE UP TO TI ONE THOUSAND YEARS 100% 85 THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL TRASH BIN WILL BE FILLED WITH APPROXIMATELY MAKING GLASS FROM RECYCLED ABOUT TO DISSOLVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT 22 MATERIALS REDUCES ENERGY (GLASS FURNACES ÀRE QUITE ENERGY-INTENSIVE), AND REDUCES THE NEED FOR RAW MATERIALS SUCH AS LIMESTONE, SODA ASH AND SAND PERCENT 12% PERCENT OF GLASS CONTAINER PLASTICS AND AMERICANS THROW AWAY APPROXIMATELY ARE OF ALL E-WASTE GOES UNRECYCLED, WHILE 200 MILLION EVERY YEAR. RECYCLED ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. 3 MILLION WORLDWIDE HUMANS WASTE 4,000,000,000 -TONS ENTER------ THE WASTE STREAM PLASTIC BAGS ANNUALLY 0% O CITY RECYCLING RATE AND POPULATION SAN ANTONIO INDIANAROLUS CAN FRANCIS NEW YORK DETROIT 55% 4% 10.5% 11% 70% 764,9 POPULATION ТОTAL 916,95 TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION ТОTAL http://www.FastHaul.com COMPARING COUNTRIES AMAZING RECYCLING ONE OF EUROPE'S THE WORLD'S FEW EFFORTS MADE. ONE OF THE WORST STILL FAR BELOW EFFORTS. BOTTLE LEADERS OF THE "GREENEST" COUNTRIES. 31% OVER 1BILLION EUROPEAN THE LEADING BANKS IN EVERY PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES WASTED ENVIRONMENT. COUNTRIES FOR COUNTRIES FOR SUPERMARKET OF ALL HOUSEHOLD ITS CITIZENS NEED RECYCLING BUT RECYCLING; HARDLY ANY EFFORT WITH SEPARATE WASTE IS RECYCLED. TO RECYCLE EVERY YEAR. NOW RECYCLES 28% CONTAINERS FOR 62% IS INCINERATED AS MUCH AS 1/5TH OF THE MADE. THERE ARE OF ITS WASTE, E COUNTRY'S WASTE T IS PLASTIC; ONLY 1% IS RECYCLED. CLEAR, GREEN AND AND 6% IS LANDFILL POSSIBLE AS LAWS IN PLACE TWICE AS MUCH AS BROWN GLASS. WASTE. STATED BY LAW. BUT NOBODY 15 YEARS AGO. REGULAR PAPER BOTHERS. 40% OF PLASTICS COLLECTION IN ARE RECYCLED. EVERY TOWN. SOURCES: http://www.care2.com/causes/getting-wasted-recycling-stats-from-around-the-world.html http://www.ecolife.com/recycling/tips-basics/recycling-facts-statistics.html http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw2009-fs.pdf http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/rankings/mrs2009.html http://www.greenwaste.com/recycling-stats SWITZERLAND BFIN 4 YEARS, IT WENT UP 9 BILLION CANS- DENMARK GERMANY GREECE ITALY USA OF CRUDE UIL, RECYCLING =EACH YEAR= 21.5 ONE PERSON GENERATES TRASH SOLID WASTE ---MILLION--- 4.5 1.5 TONS OF FOOD LBS/DAY TONS/YEAR WASTE BEING SENT TO LANDFILLS INSTEAD MILLION CARS ON THE ROAD OF BEING COMPOSTED, CREATING MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAN WHAT MATTERS IS TO REALIZE THAT FOOD DISCARDS ARE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE. BUT FOOD DISCARDS ARE ALSO THE EASIEST PART OF WASTE TO RECYCLE 75 30 A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO RECOVER AND RECYCLE 50%-100% OF THEIR FOOD DISCARD THIS SHOWS THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE FOR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS ALIKE OF SOLID WASTE IS IS ACTUALLY RECYCLED. RECYCLABLE. PERCENT ONLY ABOUT PERCENT ----- EPA ----- EVERY TON OF PAPER RECYCLED 2004, NUMBER OF ALUMINUM CANS LANDFILLED REACHED SAVES ALTHOUGH RECYCLING IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD OF PLASTIC WASTE POLLUTION PREVENTION, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF Aul. PLASTIC PRODUCTS ARE RECYCLED IN THE US. AMERICANS THROW AWAY 55 17 THE AMOUNT OF WOOD AND PAPER WE THROW AWAY EACH YEAR IS ENOUGH TO HEAT THIRTY FOOT TALL TREES BILLION 380 50 GALLONS OF OIL ENOUGH TO FILL THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 4100 KWH OF ENERGY 7000 25.000,000 GALLONS OF WATER 20X 3.5 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF LANDFILL SPACE PLASTIC BEVERAGE BOTTLES EVERY HOUR! TIME 2000 HOMES FOR 20 YEARS LESS THAN BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM ARE RECYCLED, ALUMINUM EVEN SO, THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO REPLACE JUST THE ALUMINUM Ib CANS WASTED IN 2001 WAS EQUIVALENT 1% REA MILLION MORE 12-0U NCE CANS ACCOUNT FOR OF THE TOTAL U.S. WASTE STREAM ENOUGH TO MEET ELECTRICITY NEED OF ALL HOMES FOR THAT YEAR IN [ CHICAGO ] [ DALLAS ] [ DETROIT ] [ SAN FRANCISCO ][SEATTLE ] MIN D= 500 CANS MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PLASTIC BAG CAN TAKE UP TO TI ONE THOUSAND YEARS 100% 85 THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL TRASH BIN WILL BE FILLED WITH APPROXIMATELY MAKING GLASS FROM RECYCLED ABOUT TO DISSOLVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT 22 MATERIALS REDUCES ENERGY (GLASS FURNACES ÀRE QUITE ENERGY-INTENSIVE), AND REDUCES THE NEED FOR RAW MATERIALS SUCH AS LIMESTONE, SODA ASH AND SAND PERCENT 12% PERCENT OF GLASS CONTAINER PLASTICS AND AMERICANS THROW AWAY APPROXIMATELY ARE OF ALL E-WASTE GOES UNRECYCLED, WHILE 200 MILLION EVERY YEAR. RECYCLED ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. 3 MILLION WORLDWIDE HUMANS WASTE 4,000,000,000 -TONS ENTER------ THE WASTE STREAM PLASTIC BAGS ANNUALLY 0% O CITY RECYCLING RATE AND POPULATION SAN ANTONIO INDIANAROLUS CAN FRANCIS NEW YORK DETROIT 55% 4% 10.5% 11% 70% 764,9 POPULATION ТОTAL 916,95 TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION ТОTAL http://www.FastHaul.com COMPARING COUNTRIES AMAZING RECYCLING ONE OF EUROPE'S THE WORLD'S FEW EFFORTS MADE. ONE OF THE WORST STILL FAR BELOW EFFORTS. BOTTLE LEADERS OF THE "GREENEST" COUNTRIES. 31% OVER 1BILLION EUROPEAN THE LEADING BANKS IN EVERY PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES WASTED ENVIRONMENT. COUNTRIES FOR COUNTRIES FOR SUPERMARKET OF ALL HOUSEHOLD ITS CITIZENS NEED RECYCLING BUT RECYCLING; HARDLY ANY EFFORT WITH SEPARATE WASTE IS RECYCLED. TO RECYCLE EVERY YEAR. NOW RECYCLES 28% CONTAINERS FOR 62% IS INCINERATED AS MUCH AS 1/5TH OF THE MADE. THERE ARE OF ITS WASTE, E COUNTRY'S WASTE T IS PLASTIC; ONLY 1% IS RECYCLED. CLEAR, GREEN AND AND 6% IS LANDFILL POSSIBLE AS LAWS IN PLACE TWICE AS MUCH AS BROWN GLASS. WASTE. STATED BY LAW. BUT NOBODY 15 YEARS AGO. REGULAR PAPER BOTHERS. 40% OF PLASTICS COLLECTION IN ARE RECYCLED. EVERY TOWN. SOURCES: http://www.care2.com/causes/getting-wasted-recycling-stats-from-around-the-world.html http://www.ecolife.com/recycling/tips-basics/recycling-facts-statistics.html http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw2009-fs.pdf http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/rankings/mrs2009.html http://www.greenwaste.com/recycling-stats SWITZERLAND BFIN 4 YEARS, IT WENT UP 9 BILLION CANS- DENMARK GERMANY GREECE ITALY USA OF CRUDE UIL, RECYCLING =EACH YEAR= 21.5 ONE PERSON GENERATES TRASH SOLID WASTE ---MILLION--- 4.5 1.5 TONS OF FOOD LBS/DAY TONS/YEAR WASTE BEING SENT TO LANDFILLS INSTEAD MILLION CARS ON THE ROAD OF BEING COMPOSTED, CREATING MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAN WHAT MATTERS IS TO REALIZE THAT FOOD DISCARDS ARE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE. BUT FOOD DISCARDS ARE ALSO THE EASIEST PART OF WASTE TO RECYCLE 75 30 A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO RECOVER AND RECYCLE 50%-100% OF THEIR FOOD DISCARD THIS SHOWS THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE FOR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS ALIKE OF SOLID WASTE IS IS ACTUALLY RECYCLED. RECYCLABLE. PERCENT ONLY ABOUT PERCENT ----- EPA ----- EVERY TON OF PAPER RECYCLED 2004, NUMBER OF ALUMINUM CANS LANDFILLED REACHED SAVES ALTHOUGH RECYCLING IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD OF PLASTIC WASTE POLLUTION PREVENTION, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF Aul. PLASTIC PRODUCTS ARE RECYCLED IN THE US. AMERICANS THROW AWAY 55 17 THE AMOUNT OF WOOD AND PAPER WE THROW AWAY EACH YEAR IS ENOUGH TO HEAT THIRTY FOOT TALL TREES BILLION 380 50 GALLONS OF OIL ENOUGH TO FILL THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 4100 KWH OF ENERGY 7000 25.000,000 GALLONS OF WATER 20X 3.5 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF LANDFILL SPACE PLASTIC BEVERAGE BOTTLES EVERY HOUR! TIME 2000 HOMES FOR 20 YEARS LESS THAN BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM ARE RECYCLED, ALUMINUM EVEN SO, THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO REPLACE JUST THE ALUMINUM Ib CANS WASTED IN 2001 WAS EQUIVALENT 1% REA MILLION MORE 12-0U NCE CANS ACCOUNT FOR OF THE TOTAL U.S. WASTE STREAM ENOUGH TO MEET ELECTRICITY NEED OF ALL HOMES FOR THAT YEAR IN [ CHICAGO ] [ DALLAS ] [ DETROIT ] [ SAN FRANCISCO ][SEATTLE ] MIN D= 500 CANS MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PLASTIC BAG CAN TAKE UP TO TI ONE THOUSAND YEARS 100% 85 THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL TRASH BIN WILL BE FILLED WITH APPROXIMATELY MAKING GLASS FROM RECYCLED ABOUT TO DISSOLVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT 22 MATERIALS REDUCES ENERGY (GLASS FURNACES ÀRE QUITE ENERGY-INTENSIVE), AND REDUCES THE NEED FOR RAW MATERIALS SUCH AS LIMESTONE, SODA ASH AND SAND PERCENT 12% PERCENT OF GLASS CONTAINER PLASTICS AND AMERICANS THROW AWAY APPROXIMATELY ARE OF ALL E-WASTE GOES UNRECYCLED, WHILE 200 MILLION EVERY YEAR. RECYCLED ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. 3 MILLION WORLDWIDE HUMANS WASTE 4,000,000,000 -TONS ENTER------ THE WASTE STREAM PLASTIC BAGS ANNUALLY 0% O CITY RECYCLING RATE AND POPULATION SAN ANTONIO INDIANAROLUS CAN FRANCIS NEW YORK DETROIT 55% 4% 10.5% 11% 70% 764,9 POPULATION ТОTAL 916,95 TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION ТОTAL http://www.FastHaul.com COMPARING COUNTRIES AMAZING RECYCLING ONE OF EUROPE'S THE WORLD'S FEW EFFORTS MADE. ONE OF THE WORST STILL FAR BELOW EFFORTS. BOTTLE LEADERS OF THE "GREENEST" COUNTRIES. 31% OVER 1BILLION EUROPEAN THE LEADING BANKS IN EVERY PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES WASTED ENVIRONMENT. COUNTRIES FOR COUNTRIES FOR SUPERMARKET OF ALL HOUSEHOLD ITS CITIZENS NEED RECYCLING BUT RECYCLING; HARDLY ANY EFFORT WITH SEPARATE WASTE IS RECYCLED. TO RECYCLE EVERY YEAR. NOW RECYCLES 28% CONTAINERS FOR 62% IS INCINERATED AS MUCH AS 1/5TH OF THE MADE. THERE ARE OF ITS WASTE, E COUNTRY'S WASTE T IS PLASTIC; ONLY 1% IS RECYCLED. CLEAR, GREEN AND AND 6% IS LANDFILL POSSIBLE AS LAWS IN PLACE TWICE AS MUCH AS BROWN GLASS. WASTE. STATED BY LAW. BUT NOBODY 15 YEARS AGO. REGULAR PAPER BOTHERS. 40% OF PLASTICS COLLECTION IN ARE RECYCLED. EVERY TOWN. SOURCES: http://www.care2.com/causes/getting-wasted-recycling-stats-from-around-the-world.html http://www.ecolife.com/recycling/tips-basics/recycling-facts-statistics.html http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw2009-fs.pdf http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/rankings/mrs2009.html http://www.greenwaste.com/recycling-stats SWITZERLAND BFIN 4 YEARS, IT WENT UP 9 BILLION CANS- DENMARK GERMANY GREECE ITALY USA OF CRUDE UIL, RECYCLING =EACH YEAR= 21.5 ONE PERSON GENERATES TRASH SOLID WASTE ---MILLION--- 4.5 1.5 TONS OF FOOD LBS/DAY TONS/YEAR WASTE BEING SENT TO LANDFILLS INSTEAD MILLION CARS ON THE ROAD OF BEING COMPOSTED, CREATING MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAN WHAT MATTERS IS TO REALIZE THAT FOOD DISCARDS ARE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE. BUT FOOD DISCARDS ARE ALSO THE EASIEST PART OF WASTE TO RECYCLE 75 30 A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO RECOVER AND RECYCLE 50%-100% OF THEIR FOOD DISCARD THIS SHOWS THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO POTENTIALLY REDUCE A BIG PART OF SOLID WASTE FOR BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS ALIKE OF SOLID WASTE IS IS ACTUALLY RECYCLED. RECYCLABLE. PERCENT ONLY ABOUT PERCENT ----- EPA ----- EVERY TON OF PAPER RECYCLED 2004, NUMBER OF ALUMINUM CANS LANDFILLED REACHED SAVES ALTHOUGH RECYCLING IS THE MOST COMMON METHOD OF PLASTIC WASTE POLLUTION PREVENTION, LESS THAN ONE PERCENT OF Aul. PLASTIC PRODUCTS ARE RECYCLED IN THE US. AMERICANS THROW AWAY 55 17 THE AMOUNT OF WOOD AND PAPER WE THROW AWAY EACH YEAR IS ENOUGH TO HEAT THIRTY FOOT TALL TREES BILLION 380 50 GALLONS OF OIL ENOUGH TO FILL THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 4100 KWH OF ENERGY 7000 25.000,000 GALLONS OF WATER 20X 3.5 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF LANDFILL SPACE PLASTIC BEVERAGE BOTTLES EVERY HOUR! TIME 2000 HOMES FOR 20 YEARS LESS THAN BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM ARE RECYCLED, ALUMINUM EVEN SO, THE ENERGY REQUIRED TO REPLACE JUST THE ALUMINUM Ib CANS WASTED IN 2001 WAS EQUIVALENT 1% REA MILLION MORE 12-0U NCE CANS ACCOUNT FOR OF THE TOTAL U.S. WASTE STREAM ENOUGH TO MEET ELECTRICITY NEED OF ALL HOMES FOR THAT YEAR IN [ CHICAGO ] [ DALLAS ] [ DETROIT ] [ SAN FRANCISCO ][SEATTLE ] MIN D= 500 CANS MORE THAN THE AVERAGE PLASTIC BAG CAN TAKE UP TO TI ONE THOUSAND YEARS 100% 85 THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL TRASH BIN WILL BE FILLED WITH APPROXIMATELY MAKING GLASS FROM RECYCLED ABOUT TO DISSOLVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT 22 MATERIALS REDUCES ENERGY (GLASS FURNACES ÀRE QUITE ENERGY-INTENSIVE), AND REDUCES THE NEED FOR RAW MATERIALS SUCH AS LIMESTONE, SODA ASH AND SAND PERCENT 12% PERCENT OF GLASS CONTAINER PLASTICS AND AMERICANS THROW AWAY APPROXIMATELY ARE OF ALL E-WASTE GOES UNRECYCLED, WHILE 200 MILLION EVERY YEAR. RECYCLED ANNUALLY IN THE U.S. 3 MILLION WORLDWIDE HUMANS WASTE 4,000,000,000 -TONS ENTER------ THE WASTE STREAM PLASTIC BAGS ANNUALLY 0% O CITY RECYCLING RATE AND POPULATION SAN ANTONIO INDIANAROLUS CAN FRANCIS NEW YORK DETROIT 55% 4% 10.5% 11% 70% 764,9 POPULATION ТОTAL 916,95 TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION TOTAL POPULATION ТОTAL http://www.FastHaul.com COMPARING COUNTRIES AMAZING RECYCLING ONE OF EUROPE'S THE WORLD'S FEW EFFORTS MADE. ONE OF THE WORST STILL FAR BELOW EFFORTS. BOTTLE LEADERS OF THE "GREENEST" COUNTRIES. 31% OVER 1BILLION EUROPEAN THE LEADING BANKS IN EVERY PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES WASTED ENVIRONMENT. COUNTRIES FOR COUNTRIES FOR SUPERMARKET OF ALL HOUSEHOLD ITS CITIZENS NEED RECYCLING BUT RECYCLING; HARDLY ANY EFFORT WITH SEPARATE WASTE IS RECYCLED. TO RECYCLE EVERY YEAR. NOW RECYCLES 28% CONTAINERS FOR 62% IS INCINERATED AS MUCH AS 1/5TH OF THE MADE. THERE ARE OF ITS WASTE, E COUNTRY'S WASTE T IS PLASTIC; ONLY 1% IS RECYCLED. CLEAR, GREEN AND AND 6% IS LANDFILL POSSIBLE AS LAWS IN PLACE TWICE AS MUCH AS BROWN GLASS. WASTE. STATED BY LAW. BUT NOBODY 15 YEARS AGO. REGULAR PAPER BOTHERS. 40% OF PLASTICS COLLECTION IN ARE RECYCLED. EVERY TOWN. SOURCES: http://www.care2.com/causes/getting-wasted-recycling-stats-from-around-the-world.html http://www.ecolife.com/recycling/tips-basics/recycling-facts-statistics.html http://www.epa.gov/osw/nonhaz/municipal/pubs/msw2009-fs.pdf http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/rankings/mrs2009.html http://www.greenwaste.com/recycling-stats SWITZERLAND BFIN 4 YEARS, IT WENT UP 9 BILLION CANS- DENMARK GERMANY GREECE ITALY USA OF CRUDE UIL,