Recycling Facts We’d Like To Share With You

Recycling is one of the easiest ways we can help save the environment. I wanted to share a few facts that made me realize the impact we can all have if we take the time to sort paper, plastic, and glass.   Paper

• By recycling just 1/10th of newspapers distributed, it would save 25,000 trees per year. The average household throws away 13,000 pieces of paper a year. That includes – magazines, catalogs, phone books, direct mail, brochures, pamphlets, booklets, cereal, cake, cookie and cracker boxes.

Plastic

• It is estimated that over 2.86-billion bags are used annually in Canada – 200 for every one of us. Plastic items to recycle Remove plastic tops from containers. Empty content and Rinse plastic jars with water before recycling. Crush plastic containers to create more space in your recycling bin Check the bottom of the plastic containers to make sure they are recyclable.

Glass

• All glass is 100% recyclable Recycled glass is reusable and lowers manufacturing costs when reformed into a new glass container. Glass items to be recycle Dump and rinse out contents of the glass container Remove the plastic tops and recycle with plastics You do not have to remove the labels from the glass as they are incinerated during the crushing or melting process

Do you have any other recycling tips that we can add to this list? We’d love to hear from you!