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| Why Recycling is important: |
| Recycling conserves our valuable natural resources. |
| Recycling saves energy. |
| Recycling helps us keep our air and water clean . |
| Recycling saves landfill space. |
| Recycling can save money. |
| Facts |
| Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4,000 kilowatts of energy and 7,000 gallons of water! |
| Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper per year if all of it was recycled it could save 1139000000 trees!! |
| Only 1 percent of the world's water supply is usable; 97 percent is in the ocean and 2 percent is frozen. |
| We use about 392 cans per person per year. |
| Paper products make up the largest part (approximately 40%) of our rubbish. |
| For every ton of steel recycled, 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal, and 120 pounds of limestone are conserved |
| Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a television or operate a computer for three hours. |
| 100 trees can filter up to 6000 pounds of pollutants from the air each year. |
| Recycling Quiz |
| Have you read carefully? |
| 1)How many trees does it take to filter 6000 pounds of pollutants from the air each year? |
| 2)Do we use A)395 cans per person a year B)452 cans per person a year C)392 cans per person a year |
| 3)What percentage of the world's water supply is usable? |
| 4)Name 3 reasons how recycling helps us. |
| 5)Does recycling help save the world or help destroy the world? |
| Answers |
| 1)100 |
| 2)C |
| 3)1 |
| 4)Any 3 of the following (or anything similar): Recycling conserves our valuable natural resources, recycling saves energy, recycling helps us keep our air and water clean, recycling saves landfill space, recycling can save money. |
| 5)Help save the world |