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What is Recycling
Recycling is processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of useful materials and to reduce the use of new raw materials.
Facts About Recycling
  • The average American uses 650 pounds of paper each year
  • 100 million tons of wood could be saved each year if all that paper was recycled
  • A typical family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year.
  • The 17 trees saved by recycling one ton of paper can absorb a total of 250 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the air each year.
  • If every American recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we could save about 25 million trees each year.