10 Facts About Recycling

#1. The average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every day and about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year.
#2.  Americans make more than 200 million tons of garbage dumpster each year, enough to fill Busch Stadium from top to bottom twice a day. Next time you’re at a sporting event or tailgate, host a trash-free tailgate using only recyclable materials.
#3. The EPA estimates that 75% of the American waste stream is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it.
#4. We generate 21.5 million tons of food waste each year. If we composted that food, it would reduce the same amount of greenhouse gas as taking 2 million cars off the road.

#5. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to listen to a full album on your iPod. Recycling 100 cans could light your bedroom for two whole weeks.
#6. The Container Recycling Institute (CRI) estimates that the 36 billion aluminum cans landfilled last year had a scrap value of more than $600 million.
#7. Americans throw away about 28 billion bottles and jars every year.
 #8. Over 87% of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.
 #9. In 2009, Americans threw away almost 9 million tons of glass. That could fill enough tractor trailers to stretch from NYC to LA (and back!).
#10. In 2010, paper recycling had increased over 89% since 1990. For more information visit our website: https://www.needadumpsterrent.com/rent-a-dumpster/

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