In a lifetime, the average
American will throw away
600 times his or her adult
weight in garbage. This
means that each adult will
leave a legacy of 90,000 lbs.
of trash for his or her children.

Recycling all of your home's
waste newsprint, cardboard, glass, and
metal can reduce carbon dioxide emissions
by 850 pounds a year.

Each of us generates on average
4.4 pounds of waste per day per person.

Enough energy is saved by
recycling one aluminum can to
run a TV set for three hours or
to light one 100 watt bulb for
20 hours.

You can make 20 cans out of
recycled material with the same
amount of energy it takes to make
one new one.

Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates
1 job, landfilling the same amount creates 6 jobs, recycling the same 10,000 tons creates 36 jobs.