iscellaneous Recycling Facts
![]() | An estimated 80,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using enough aluminum foil to cover over 50 acres of space -- that's almost 40 football fields. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it. |
![]() | Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per minute! |
![]() | A single quart of motor oil, if disposed of improperly, can contaminate up to 2,000,000 gallons of fresh water. |
![]() | Motor oil never wears out, it just gets dirty. Oil can be recycled, re-refined and used again, reducing our reliance on imported oil. |
![]() | On average, each one of us produces 4.4 pounds of solid waste each day. This adds up to almost a ton of trash per person, per year. |
![]() | A typical family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year. That's a lot of containers -- make sure they're recycled! cite:http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html |

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