Hello, for those of you that don’t know what recycling is (and it does not matter if you don’t because not every one does) then here is an explanation: Recycling is when we take materials that we were going to throw away and put them through a process so they can be reused again. Many things can be recycled such as paper, metal, plastic, glass and electrical equipment. Recycling saves energy, is good for the environment, saves natural resources and saves space in landfills.

“these are just some things that you can recycle or reuse.”

• Did you know that 75% of junk is recyclable but we only recycle around 30%!
• 40% of the worlds rubbish comes from the US.
• The average American throws out around 4.6 pounds of junk everyday, that more than 251 tons every year!
• 34% of the annual junk thrown away is paper products and paper is recyclable!
• One glass bottle can take over 4000 years to decompose. That means it will sit in a landfill for a very long time.
• Glass can be recycled over and over again.
• The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can light a light  bulb for over 4 hours.
• Using recycled glass to make new glass products causes less air pollution and water pollution than when a glass product is made from un-recycled products.
• Metal is one of the easiest things to recycle.
• It’s melted down and poured into mold to make new parts and products.