What Not to Recycle
Unacceptable Items
Please do not put these items in the recycling bins:
Aluminum Foil Bubble Wrap Food Soiled Items Glass Hardback Books Ice Cream Cartons Juice Cartons Medical Waste Milk Cartons Oil Paint Paper Towels, Tissue Pie Tins Plastic Bags Plastics #3 through #7 Styrofoam |
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Recycling Trivia
- The average American generates 1,609 pounds of trash per year.
- Scientists estimate that it takes 700 years for a plastic bottle to decompose.
- One ton (2,000 lbs) of recycled paper can save:
- 3.5 cubic yards of landfill
- 17 thirty-foot pulp trees
- 17,000 gallons of water
- 380 gallons of oil
- 4100 kilowatt of energy
Energy conserved from recycling rather than processing from raw materials:
- Aluminum 97%
- Plastic 67%
- Paper 64%
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