Pros and Cons; The Good and The Bad
During our research to find out facts about recycling, we came across ones that stood out from the rest. These certain ones related to our topic, 'Pros and Cons; The Good and The Bad'. So what we decided from these certain facts was that we would share them with you and the rest of the world. Hopefully what we have learned will be learned by you and everyone else. It will teach you a wide range of good (pros) and bad (cons). Here are just a few to mention:
Pro (FOR)
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Recycling waste newsprint,
cardboard, glass and metal can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 850 pounds a
year!
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Five recycled plastic bottles make
enough fiberfill to stuff a ski jacket-good for falling.
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Recycled aluminum saves 95% energy
vs. virgin aluminum; recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run to a
TV for 3 hours! ONE CAN!
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Recycled aluminum reduces pollution
by 95%.
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One ton of recycled paper saves
3,700 pounds of lumber and 24,000 gallons of water-2000 pounds of paper.
- Recycled Glass generates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution.
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Every Sunday the United States
wastes nearly 90% of the recyclable newspaper. This wastes about 500,000
trees!!
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We used enough plastic wrap to wrap
all of Texas every year.
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Disposable napkins take 500
years to decompose.!!!!!!
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It takes 75,000 trees to print a
Sunday Edition of the New York Times.
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We use enough plastic wrap to wrap
all of Texas every year.
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In this decade it is projected that
Americans will throw away over 1 million tons of aluminum cans and foil, more
then 11 million tons of glass and bottles and jars, over 4 and a half million
tons of office paper and nearly 10 million tons of newspaper. Almost all of this
material can be recycled.