The Low Down On Green Living
May 28th, 2008
Recycling Saves A Ton of Energy, Too
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Ever wonder how recycling helps save energy? Our friends at Earth911.com have done a great job of laying out the energy savings of recycling everything from aluminum to plastic wrap. When you toss items in your recycling bin, you’re saving more than landfill space.
Here is just a sampling of the compelling statistics:
+ Recycled aluminum saves 95 percent of energy required vs. virgin aluminum; recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours (Reynolds Metal Company)
+ Enough aluminum is thrown away every year to rebuild our commercial air fleet four times.
+ Recycled glass saves 50 percent of energy vs. virgin glass (Center for Ecological Technology)
+ Recycling of one glass container saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours (EPA)
+ Recycled paper saves 60 percent of energy vs. virgin paper (Center for Ecological Technology)
+ Production of recycled paper uses 80 percent less water, 65 percent less energy and produces 95 percent less air pollution than virgin paper production.
+ Recycling a pound of PET (plastic) saves approximately 12,000 BTU’s. (EPA)
For more information on this topic, click here. And we highly recommend Earth911 for all of your recycling questions/needs. It is a wonderful resource!
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August 1st, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Its good to see how over the years we are all now been educated about the benifits of recycling. How we reduce lanfill reuse waste and recyle are unwanted items.
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August 5th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Thank you for giving such an informative piece. Paper surely have other uses and it definitely is helpful to know that it could also be used to save energy.
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November 11th, 2010 at 5:02 am
In this blog we read that what things we can recycle. Recycling involves processing used hi materials waste into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution and water pollution by reducing the need for “conventional” waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production. this is knowledgeable blog.
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