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It takes 17 average-sized trees to make one ton of paper.

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Each of us generates 4.4 pounds of waste

per day

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350,000 aluminium cans are produced

every minute

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If everyone in the U. S. recycled just 1/10 of their newsprint, we would save the estimated equivalent of about 25,000,000 trees a year

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Five recycled two-liter soda bottles can be used to make one

square foot of carpet

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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

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One-third of the water used in most homes is flushed down the toilet

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The highest point in Ohio is said to be "Mount Rumpke," which is a "mountain" made up of trash -- at a sanitary landfill! Rumpke is one of the nation's largest

waste and recycling companies.

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In Britain, over 9 million "nappies" or disposable diapers, are used every day