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Interesting Recycling Fact: There are over 80 billion aluminium cans used each and every year around the world.

Interesting Recycling Fact: Five plastic bottles (PET) recycled provides enough fiber to create one square feet of carpet or enough fiber fill to fill one ski jacket.

Interesting Recycling Fact: Food and paper waste used for food can be composted into nutrient rich soil and sold to farmers.

Interesting Recycling Fact: Making glass from recycled material cuts related water pollution by 50%.

Interesting Recycling Fact: Recycling a 3 foot stack of newspapers saves 1 tree.

Interesting Recycling Fact: The average person has an opportunity to recycle more than 25000 cans in their lifetime.

Interesting Recycling Fact: Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy needed to make new cardboard.

Interesting Recycling Fact: In 2007, 82% equalling 1.8 million tons of e-waste (TVs, cellphones, computers etc.) ended up in landfills.

Interesting Recycling Fact: More than 37% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the U.S. comes from recycled sources.

Interesting Recycling Fact: U.S. throws away enough office paper each year to build a 12 foot high wall from Seattle to NY (a new wall every year).

Interesting Recycling Fact: The U.S. generates more waste than any other country in the world while only representing 5% of the world population.

Interesting Recycling Fact: More than 28 billion glass bottles and jars end up in landfills every year - the equivalent of filling up two Empire State Buildings every three weeks.