Eco-Facts
Where everything is green.

1.Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours

2. If we recycled every plastic bottle we used, we would keep 2 billion tons of plastic out of landfills

3. The energy saved from recycling one aluminum drink container can run your TV for 3 hours

4. An estimated 90% of recycled glass is used to make new container

5. Recycling one aluminum can saves the amount of energy to light one 100-watt bulb for 20 hours

6. It takes 25 two-liter plastic soft drink bottles to make a sweater

7. It takes two plastic soft drink bottles to make enough polyester fiber for a baseball cap

8. It takes 35 two liter plastic soft drink bottles to make 1 sleeping bag

9. If we recycle the aluminum trash that Americans throw away, we could rebuild the entire US airline fleet every three months

10. By recycling more than 229,000 tons of plastics annually, we can save enough energy to power almost 116,000 houses for one year

11. By recycling more than 57,000 tons of steel cans, we reduce greenhouse gases equivalent to taking approximately 21,000 cars off the road each year

12. In 2003, 54 billion cans were recycled, saving the energy equivalent of 15 million barrels of crude oil, which is America's entire gas consumption for one day

To find the location and opening hours for a rePLANET Recycling Center nearest you, use our location finder to left. Or call toll-free 1.877.737.5263.