Recyling Facts

  • Paper plus cardboard combined make up 73% of the materials disposed in landfills.
  • Americans throw away enough office and writing paper annually to build a wall 12 feet high stretching from Los Angeles to New York City.
  • One ton of recycled paper uses 64% less energy, 50% less water, 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution, saves 17 trees and creates 5 times more jobs than one ton of paper products from virgin wood pulp.
  • One tree can filter up to 60 pounds of pollutants from the air each year.
  • Compared to virgin ore, aluminum recycling brings potential energy savings of 95% and reduces emissions by 99%.
  • Recycling one ton of aluminum saves the equivalent of 2,350 gallons of gas or the amount of electricity used by the typical home over a period of 10 years.
  • Aluminum is the most cost-effective material to recycle and can be recycled indefinitely; reprocessing does not damage its structure.
  • Tin recycling saves an estimated 2,600 kilowatt hours of electricity per ton.

Using Empire Recycling and Rubbish Removal to recycle your business' waste is not only the right thing to do...it will save you money!

 

                               

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