Recycling: By the Numbers

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Here are some astonishing statistics on recycling that I found. Thought I would share. Enjoy! (From planetgreen.discovery.com)

544,000: Trees saved if every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber paper towels (70 sheets) with 100 percent recycled ones.
20 million: Tons of electronic waste thrown away each year. One ton of scrap from [...]

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