"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." - Unknown

See more recycling facts below!

1. Recycling just 5 water bottles is enough fiber to make a T shirt.
2. The second and third largest pieces of man made carbon dioxide come from chemicals/refineries and from industrial activities.
3.  The national average says that 38% of the trash thrown away is paper, which could be easily recycled.
4. If you, recycle only 1 ton of paper, you can reduce 3 tons of carbon dioxide
5. The Container Recycling Institute says about 36 billion aluminum cans in landfills last year had a scrap value of more than 600 million dollars.
6. If we don't recycle, we are going to end up like Venus, where a runaway global warming problem has turned it into a mass of swirling gases.
7. A person throws away about 1,600 lb. of trash per year.
8. In just 57 years, the amount of trash we throw out will have tripled in size.
9. Chief Seattle of the Suquamish and the Duwamish said, “The Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth.”
10. Recycling 5 water bottles is enough to make 1 square foot of carpet.
11. Recycling 35 water bottles is enough to make a sleeping bag
12. Willow school is made out of 85% recycled materials.
13. The US throws out two times as much trash as Western Europe.
14. Recycling is actually 36% cheaper than collecting trash.