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- Each year Americans alone throw away 18 billion disposable diapers. In perspective, this is enough to extend from the earth to the moon and back 7 times.
- In 2 weeks, Americans throw enough glass bottles and jars out to fill the New York Trade Center's twin towers.
- Americans go through on average 2.5 million plastic bottles per hour.
- 58% of U.S. newspapers are recycled.
- 500,000 trees could be saved from being cut down if every family in the United States recycled their newspaper.
- Ford Motor Company indicates that 75% of every vehicle is recyclable.
- Dishwashers use about 11 gallons of water. Hand washed dishes use up approximately 16 gallons.
- Taking a bath, half full of water, uses around 20 gallons of water. However, an average length shower only uses about 13 gallons.
- Americans normally use about 70 gallons of water each day.
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What is plastic recycling?
More plastic.
If you cannot see a recycling symbol on your plastic milk bottle can it still go in your recycling box?
Yeh its plastic
What are the recycling restrictions on plastic labels?
Generally there are no recycling restrictions on plastic labels. These labels are removed during the final cleaning stage of the recycling process by the secondary manufacturer.
How do you destroy plastic bags?
we can destroy plastic bags by recycling.
What is saved by recycling plastic?
when plastic is saved u can save the contamination and by recycling plastic u can use that same plastic to do more. when recycling plastic is also use to make tiles, and much more house hold items most things used now today are things that have been recycled.
What is the sequence of recycling plastic?
first plastic is picked up. then, plastic is turned into flakes.
Any list of recycling center for plastic bags or cellophane?
Recycling Centers every where.
What natural resources are saved by recycling plastic?
The natural resources that are saved by recycling plastic would be oil and coal. This is because the oil is used to make the plastic and the coal is used by the factory.
What type of plastic is a jug made of?
recycling
What materials are recycling bins made from?
Plastic
What is the color of bags for plastic recycling?
green
What is the use of recycling the plastic?
It reduces pollutions
