The Fun Facts About Recyclingby Dharmendra Kapri | 01-09-2014 20:02 |
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Recycle : The Possibilities Are Endless- * 350000 aluminium cans are produced every minute. * If all our newspaper was recycled, we could save about 250,000,000 trees each year. * The first real recycling program was introduced in New York City in the 1890s. The city's first recycling plant was built in 1898. * More Than 20,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it. * Over 300 million in cartridges are thrown into landfills every month. * The plastic in the typical ink cartridge takes about 1,000 years to decompose. * Recycling a stack of newspaper just 3 feet high can save one tree. * Glass can be recycled virtually forever, it never wears out.
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