A single recycled plastic bottle saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours. It also creates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than would be created when making a new bottle.
Fact: Glass bottles take 4,000 years to decompose. It takes 500 years for a average sized plastic water bottle to fully decompose.
The average time that a plastic bag is used for is … 12 minutes.
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Making new paper from recycled materials uses less energy than producing paper from virgin tree products and leaves more trees to absorb excess carbon dioxide.
Fact: Glass bottles take 4,000 years to decompose. 1 trillion pages of paper equal 8.5 million acres of trees. That is an area greater than the state of Maryland.
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Glass container manufacturers hope to achieve 50 percent recycled content in the manufacture of new glass bottles. This achievement would save enough energy to power 21,978 homes for one year and while removing over 181 tons of waste from landfills monthly.
Fact: Glass bottles take 4,000 years to decompose.