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What is the value in recycling aluminum cans? |
Making one can from virgin aluminum uses 20 times more energy than making twenty cans from recycled aluminum! |
What is the value in recycling glass? |
Recycled glass is used to make new bottles and jars. When glass is recycled, water consumption is reduced by 50%, mining waste by 79%, and air pollutants by 14%, compared to making bottles and jars from raw materials. |
What is the value in recycling paper and cardboard? |
Recycling one ton of newspapers saves 17 trees. Recycling cardboard is used to make paper for new boxes. |
What is the value of recycling steel and tin? |
It saves 74% of the energy it takes to make cans from raw materials. |