Make Recycling A Way of Life

Facts & Tips

In 2007, Americans in one state alone threw more than 7 billion bottles and cans in the trash instead of the recycling bin. Here are some recycling facts and tips to help you think twice before trashing your recyclable beverage containers.

Recycling Facts:

An average family's household throws away over 34 pounds of plastic water and soda bottles each year.

Every 90 days a recycled aluminum can makes its way back
on the shelf as something useful.

80-100 years - that's the lifespan of an aluminum can that gets tossed into the trash instead of a recycling bin.

700 years - that's how long a trashed plastic bottle will sit in a landfill taking up space and refusing to degrade.

1 Million Years - Put a glass bottle in a landfill and that's how long it'll sit there doing nothing. Recycle it and it can live forever.

Products Made from Recycled Bottles and Cans:

Plastic - recycled material products made from Plastic Bottles:
T-shirts: Fourteen 20 oz. plastic bottles yield enough fiber for an extra large T-shirt.
Carpet: It takes 14 20 oz. plastic bottles to make one square foot of carpet.
Fleece Sweater: It takes 63 20 oz. plastic bottles to make a sweater.
Jacket Fiberfill: Fourteen 20 oz. plastic bottles yield enough fiberfill for a ski jacket.
Sleeping Bag Fiberfill: It takes 85 20 oz. plastic bottles to make enough fiberfill for a sleeping bag.
Glass: - recycled material products made from Glass Bottles:
Glassware
New glass containers
Decorative home decor
Fiberglass Insulation
Tile
Aluminum:- recycled material products made from Aluminum Cans:
Picture frames
Decorative home decor: Bowls, vases, etc.
Baseball bats

Courtesy of "The Green Gift Guide"

Tuesday, October 20, 2009



10 Reasons to Eat Organic Foods



  • Grown without pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, and other cancer causing synthetic chemicals.


  • Grown by local farmers, which elimates polluting gases from transporting vehicles.


  • Contains more natural ingredients, which are healthier for you.


  • Natural flavors are better tasting.


  • No additives such as fats, salts, and artificial sweeteners.


  • Organic farming systems rely on ecologically based practices.


  • Organic farmers abide by stricter USDA policies.


  • Fresher foods with less time from the garden to the market.


  • Richer healthier soils and vegetation produces healthier organic products.


  • Organic farms are better for the environment, and doesn't interfere with nature's natural inhabitant.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

America's National Parks - PBS Special

Our National Parks are our most prized possessions, and the best real estate on the planet. We own it and should do our part to take care of the land. The breathtaking views and natural settings are impossible to replace. Let's work towards a cleaner and healthier planet, so we can continue to enjoy its glorious beauty and natural environments.

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