Recycling Facts

• A single quart of motor oil, if disposed of improperly, can contaminate up to 2,000,000 gallons of fresh water.
• The U.S. is the #1 trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year. This means that 5% of the world's people generate 40% of the world's waste.
• A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or more to decompose -- and even longer if it's in the landfill.

• Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator. 

       
      Info provided by Recycling Revolution. For more recycling facts check out there website:  http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html