Plastic recycling
Only 14% of plastic packaging is collected for recycling globally, which means a great deal of pollution and loss of value.
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Saving the Earth and our environment starts with recycling. Here are quick facts about recycling and recycling process so you know what’s happening next time you leave out your old plastic bottles and aluminum cans to be picked up by curbside recyclers.
Find out what kinds of objects can be recycled, how we recycle them into new products, why we recycle them and much more.
Throw away
You’re probably going to throw away 81 pounds of clothing this year. And 95 percent of it could be reused or recycled. Fact source
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Renewable energy
All Las Vegas city facilities ―from government buildings to streetlights― run entirely on renewable energy. Fact source
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Efficient lightbulbs
If people worldwide switched to energy efficient lightbulbs the world would save US$120 billion annually. Fact source
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