WE THINK GREEN EVERY
DAY
Do
You?
How much
trash
do you make??
The average
person
creates 5 lbs
of trash
everyday…
That’s
35 lbs a
week…
That’s
1820 lbs
a year…
Can you
Cut the trash??
Newspapers
Soup Cans
Soda Cans
Glass Jars
Toy Boxes
Cereal Boxes
Milk Cartons
Plastic Bottles
Juice Boxes
Food Boxes
School Papers
Glass Bottles
Junk Mail
Egg Cartons
Pet Food Containers
Soap Bottles
Shampoo & Conditioner Bottles
Shoe Boxes
Remember to Wash all GLASS & PLASTIC
containers!
What Does Recycling
Really Mean??
Recycling
Is the process that allows used things (waste) to be saved, by either
reusing it or making something new.
Where does it go once it leaves your
house?
What is a landfill?
A Landfill is a site where we dispose of our daily waste in the
ground. This is the oldest form of managing waste.
Here today… Here tomorrow..?
3 to 4 Weeks
40-50
years
5 Months
1 Month
Tin Cans
80- 100 Years
1 Year
450 years
It is very important to cut the rings
before disposal
Aluminum Cans
200-500 Years
Unknown-Forever??
Over 1 Million yrs.
•
What is a MRF..?
- A MRF ("murf") is a Materials Recovery Facility A
Specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares
recyclable materials for marketing to end-user
manufacturers. ( Middle man)
Single Stream
Refers to a system
where you are able to
place all recyclable
items together in one
container, instead of
separating it all out.
Plastic Talks!
Plastic Waste is the MAIN
cause
Of Soil and Water pollution.
Let's Talk Plastic!
There are 7 different kinds of
plastic!!
Plastic is NOT
biodegradable!!
Over 10% of our waste is
plastic!!
86% of the pollution in the
ocean is plastic!!!!
Recycling Plastic helps save
petroleum.
Plastic By Numbers!
Name
Typical Products
Remade Into
Polyethylene Terephthalate
Water and Soda Bottles, Peanut
Butter Jars, Salad Dressing Bottles,
Pillow Stuffing, Clothing,
Carpet, Water and Soda Bottles
High Density Polethylene
Milk Jugs, juice bottles, Shampoo
Conditioner bottles, and some
Grocery sacks.
Playground Equipment,
Plastic Lumber, Recycle
Bins!
Polyvinyl Chloride
Some Water and Soda bottles
Most piping, cling film.
Bubble wrap, floor tiles,
Traffic cones!
Low Density Polethylene
Bread, grocery, and shopping bags
Squeezable bottles, frozen food bags
Shopping bags, plastic lumber,
Compost bins!
Polypropylene
Syrup, ketchup, and mustard bottles
Most reusable kitchen ware,
Ice Scrappers
Polystyrene
Foam Cups, packing peanuts, disposable
Cups, plates and food trays.
Other
Safety Glasses, Automotive tail
Lights.
Egg cartons
Outdoor signs
Paper Trail!!!
Paper fibers can be
recycled up to 7 times!!!
Paper products account
for 35% of our daily waste!!!
The Average America
uses up to 7 trees
worth of paper each
year!!!
For every 2000lbs of
paper recycled 17
trees are saved!!!
Recycling paper takes 60% less
energy than creating new
material!!!
Glass Action!
Most Glass bottles
are made with 25%
recycled glass!!
Glass is 100
%
recyclable!!!
Recycling 200lbs of Glass can
save 9 gallons of fuel!
It takes 40% less energy to
use recycled glass than it
takes to use raw materials!
Glass
Environmental Savings
Recycling of one glass container saves enough energy to light a
100-watt bulb for 4 hours

1 ton of glass made from 50% recycled materials saves 250
pounds of mining waste

Glass can be reused an infinite number of times;

More than 41 BILLION glass containers are made each year
Recycling Aluminum
Aluminum : Is a metal which is 100% recyclable and it does not
lose its natural qualities even after recycling.
*Aluminum is the most recycled item in the United States
*There is no limit to the amount of times you can recycle an
aluminum can .
*A recycled Aluminum Can, can be recycled and back in the
store in as little as 60 days
questions