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by Dharmendra Kapri | 10-10-2014 18:02
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544,000 Trees Saved if every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber paper towels(70 sheets) with 100% recycled ones.
20 million Tons of electric waste thrown away each year. one ton of scrap from discarded computers contains more gold than can be produced from 17 tons of gold ore. 315 kg Amount of CO2 not released into the atmosphere each year time a metric ton of glass is used to create new glass products. $160 billion Value of the global recycling industry that employs over 1.5 million people. 79 million tons Amount of waste material diverted away from disposal in 2005 through recycling and composting. 5% Fraction of the energy it takes to recycle aluminium versus mining & refining new aluminium. 9 cubic yards Amount of landfill space saved by recycling one ton of cardboard. 51.5% percentage of the paper consumed in that was recovered for recycling in 2005. 98% percentage of glass bottles in Denmark that are refillable. 98% of those are returned by consumers for reuse.
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7 Comments
Thank you for sharing, Dharmendra!
Posted 30-11-2014 00:51
WOW! Amazing statistics. These highlight the advantages and further need of recycling.
Recycling should be encouraged by local municipalities. Thanks , Dharmendra.
Posted 16-10-2014 03:11
Good stats Dharmendra...sometimes stats help us to understand in a better way
Posted 13-10-2014 00:07
Thanks for the post, Dharmendra.
Recycling is the key for green living.
Posted 11-10-2014 17:20
Thank you dharmendra for presenting us with such amazing facts and figures.....well shared...
Posted 11-10-2014 02:18
Thank you Dharmendra for the great post. Recycling is really important. Facts you have listed proves the importance if recycling and reusing
Posted 11-10-2014 00:36
Thank you Dharmendra for sharing us the facts about recycling. It really motivates us to recycle,as it can bring significant changes,and it definitely can bring clean and sustainable environment
Posted 10-10-2014 23:13