Recycling Materials

Learn More About Recycling Materials

Paper

•  Newspapers can take 5 + years to decompose in a landfill
•  Paper can be recycled up to 6 times before the fibers become too small to use – but think of how many trees can be spared by recycling 6 times!
•  Paper recycling process is kind of like doing the laundry with water, detergents and driers. The water is pressed out between large rollers until a new “paper sheet” or “web” is created.
•  The U. S. Postal Service delivers more than 87 billion pieces of junk mail every year

Recycling 1 Ton of Paper Saves:

•  17 Trees
•  Enough fuel to run the average car for 1,260 miles
•  Enough power for the average home for 6 months
•  3.2 cubic yards of landfill space
•  60 pounds of air pollution

Recycled Paper Can Make:

New Paper
Paper Towels
Egg Cartons
Masking Tape
Toilet Paper
Newsprint
Sheetrock
Notebook Paper
Kitty Litter
Dust Mask
Facial Tissues
Paper Plates
Model Globes
Etc. Etc. Etc

•  New Paper
•  Paper Towels
•  Egg Cartons
•  Masking Tape
•  Toilet Tissue
•  Newsprint
•  Sheetrock

•  Notebook Paper
•  Kitty Litter
•  Dust Mask
•  Facial Tissues
•  Paper Plates
•  Model Globes
•  Etc., Etc., Etc.,

Plastic

• Plastic can be recycled over and over again without losing its’ quality
• Plastic is so versatile – it is used in almost everything
• Plastic accounts for the largest “litter” group in America
• Plastics should never be sent to a landfill!! What a huge waste!

A Few Items Made From Recycled Plastic

Carpet
Clothing
Strapping
Plastic Piping
Lawn/Garden Items
Plastic Lumber
Buckets
Crates
Auto Parts
The List Goes On and On!!!

•  Carpet
•  Clothing
•  Strapping
•  Plastic Piping
•  Lawn/Garden Items

•  Plastic Lumber
•  Buckets
•  Crates
•  Auto Parts
•  The List Goes On and On!!!

Decomposition Time Frames (When buried in a land fill)

Plastic Bag → 20+ Years

Plastic Bottle → 500 + Years

Plastic Cup→ 250 +Years

Glass

• Glass doesn’t break down even when left to the harshest of elements
• Glass, buried in a landfill, will never decompose, it will still be the same a thousand years later
• Glass can be recycled over and over without ever losing its purity or quality
• Recycled glass melts at a lower temperature than virgin glass takes to make, which saves energy
• Why let it go to a landfill?
• Reduce – Reuse – Recycle

A Few Items Made From Recycled Plastic Glass

New Glass Containers
Fiberglass Insulation
Road
Beds
Concrete Blocks
Glasphalt Mirrors
Light Bulbs
Windows
Light Covers
Decorations
Perfume Bottles
Reflective Beads for Highway
Used in Sand Blasting
SO MUCH MORE!!

• New Glass Containers
• Fiberglass Insulation
• Road
• Beds
• Concrete Blocks
• Glasphalt Mirrors
• Light Bulbs
• Windows

• Light Covers
• Decorations
• Perfume Bottles
• Reflective Beads for Highway
• Used in Sand Blasting
• SO MUCH MORE!!

Aluminum & Steel

• Aluminum cans take 80 + years to breakdown when buried in a land fill
• Recycled cans save 95% of the energy needed to create new from natural ore
• Recycling steel saves 74% of the energy used to produce from raw material
• Aluminum and steel can both be recycled endlessly without losing its quality
• Recycling one (1) aluminum can saves enough energy to operate a TV or computer for 3 hours
• 4 dog food cans conserve enough energy to light a 60-watt bulb for 25 hours
• In as little as 60 days from pickup, a soda can will be back in circulation as a new consumer item

A Few Items Made From Aluminum/Tin/Steel Window Frames

Highway Signs
Storm Doors
Pie Plates
Thumbtacks
Drink Cans
Car Parts
Food Cans
Parts of Bicycles
Rebar

• Highway Signs
• Storm Doors
• Pie Plates
• Thumbtacks
• Drink Cans
• Car Parts

• Food Cans
• Parts of a Bicycles
• Rebar

Cardboard

• Two types of cardboard – Paperboard and Corrugate Cardboard
• Like paper, cardboard can be recycled up to about six (6) times
• Paperboard also known as chipboard or boxboard is very stiff, flat cardboard that is sometimes coated with substances that give it a glossy sheen. Example: Cereal, Tissue and Shoe boxes
• Corrugated Cardboard is made by sandwiching wavy, fluted pieces of paper between two or more sheets of paper to create a very strong product for shipping