Recycling Centers and Landfills

Made by Kristofer Davis

Ways To Recycle

Buy recycled paper and print on both sides. When using paper in the office, print on both sides of the sheet and recycle the paper when you are finished. By recycling one ton of paper, you can save 17 trees, almost 7,000 gallons of water and more than three cubic yards of landfill space.


Recycle your outdated technology. According to EPA, Americans throw out two million tons of e-waste each year. Avoid adding to that waste by recycling your old technology. For more information on electronic recycling, visithttp://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/recycle/ecycling/donate.htm.

Did you know that.....

Recycling all of your home's waste newsprint, cardboard, glass and metal can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 850 lbs. a year.

It takes approximately 1 million years for a glass bottle to break down in a landfill

Recycling 1 ton of aluminum cans conserves the equivalent of 1,665 gallons of gasoline.

Dead Bird

What do you think happened to this bird?

How To Recycle

Buy rechargeable batteries. It takes 1,000 regular batteries to equal the lifespan of one rechargeable battery. When you are discarding your batteries, recycle them.

Purchase rewritable CDs and DVDs so that you can reuse them from project to project.

Reuse your morning coffee cup. Or better yet, buy a mug to avoid the waste caused by throwing away the paper or Styrofoam.

Did you know that...

Recycling one aluminum beverage can saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours or a TV for 2 hours. 

Recycling 125 aluminum cans saves enough energy to power one home for 1 day.

The average person throws away 4 pounds of garbage PER DAY.

Mound of Trash

Would you want this in front of your house?

Landfill

How could this really happen?

Did you know that...

Each ton of mixed paper that is recycled can save the energy equivalent to 185 gallons of gasolineThe average person has the opportunity to recycle more than 25,000 cans in a lifetime.

Americans throw away enough office paper each year to build a 12 foot high wall from Seattle to NY

Our Beaches

Have our beaches really gotten this bad?

Trash

Do you think that this can be cleaned up?

How To Recycle

Buy remanufactured ink and toner cartridges. Each remanufactured cartridge keeps approximately 2.5 pounds of metal and plastic out of landfills and saves about a half gallon of oil.

Recycle old newspapers laying around the office. When finished reading the newspaper, either leave it for someone else to read or recycle it.

Look for the recycled option in all the products you buy. It's not just paper that is recycled.

Did you know that...

Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil.

Recycling just one glass jar saves enough electricity to light an 11 watt CFL bulb for 20 hours.

Recycling 1 ton of aluminum saves the energy equivalent of the amount of electricity used by the average home in 10 years.