More numbers and figures on recycling. Ready? Let’s go:
Recycling One Ton of Paper will save: 17 trees, 6,953 gallons of water, 463 gallons of oil, 587 pounds of air pollution, 3.06 cubic yards of landfill sapce and over 4,000 kilowatt-hours of energy.
How about One Ton of Glass? By the way glass is heavier than paper so you can reach a ton much quicker! Saves 1,330 pounds of sand, 433 pounds of limestone, 433 pounds of soda ash (the same stuff that maintains your swimming pools pH level) and 151 pounds of feldspar which is a mineral you can find in ceramics, glass and silverware.
Feldspar would also make an excellent name for your next pet. “Have you seen my Guinea Pig Feldspar around the house today?” ” Why, yes I have. He is out checking the pH of your pool with Gilgamesh the Sumerian Bunny”.
Plastic bottles can be recycled into other products such as fleece jackets, sleeping bags, carpeting and more beverage bottles. And don’t forget aluminum, that is easily recycled everywhere.
So help conserve our natural resources, save energy and landfill space by recycling every product you community or county will allow. And while you are at it – stop using styrofoam immediately or we will hire Feldspar to do your pool maintenance.
Great Pacific Grabage Patch. Yes, this photo is in the ocean somewhere..
