CONTAINERS MIXED PAPER • By recycling one ton of PAPER we save: • 17 trees • 6,953 gallons of water • 463 gallons of oil • 587 pounds of air pollution • 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space Source: Pulp & Paper International For every ton of GLASS recycled, we save over a ton of resources: • 1,330 pounds of sand • 433 pounds of soda ash • 433 pounds of limestone • 151 pounds of feldspar Source: The EarthWorks Group Recycler’s Handbook By recycling ALUMINUM we can: • cut related air pollution by 95% • save enough electricity to operate a TV for up to 3 hours from just one can Sources: The EarthWorks Group Recycler’s Handbook, California Department of Conservation. RECYCLING MAKES A DIFFERENCE We DON’T RECYCLE these items You can take plastic bags to the grocery store for recycling. RECYCLING RecologySanMateCounty.com (650) 595-3900
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CONTAINERS MIXED PAPER
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By recycling one ton of paper we save: • 17 trees • 6,953 gallons of water • 463 gallons of oil • 587 pounds of air pollution • 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space Source: Pulp & Paper International
For every ton of glass recycled, we save over a ton of resources: • 1,330 pounds of sand• 433 pounds of soda ash• 433 pounds of limestone• 151 pounds of feldsparSource: The EarthWorks Group Recycler’s Handbook
By recycling aluminum we can: • cut related air pollution by 95%• save enough electricity to operate
a TV for up to 3 hours from just one can
Sources: The EarthWorks Group Recycler’s Handbook, California Department of Conservation.
RECYCLING MAKES A
DIFFERENCEWe DON’T RECYCLE
these items
You can take plastic bags to the grocery store for recycling.
RECYCLING
RecologySanMateCounty.com (650) 595-3900
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