Recycling is a necessity, not a luxury. If you live under a rock or still haven’t opened up your eyes yet, our dear Earth isn’t doing too well lately and the amount of time the scientists predict we have left is decreasing at an alarming rate. This slideshow contains a selected number of mind boggling facts that will encourage you to recycle. Read on!

1. 15JAW DROPPING FACTS
THAT WILL MAKE YOU GET UP AND
RECYCLE

2. 1.
Recycling ONE TON of paper
saves 682.5 GALLONS of oil,
7,000GALLONS of water
and 3.3 CUBIC YARDS
of landfill space.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

3. 2.
are felled each day to manufacture
toilet paper.
27,000 TREES
#RECYCLINGFACTS

4. 3.
95% of all data in the world is still
stored on paper.
Most of it is NEVER looked at again.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

5. 4.
Recycling a
SINGLE plastic bottle can
conserve enough energy to light a 60W
bulb for up to 6 HOURS.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

6. 5.
2.5 MILLION
PER HOUR.
500 YEARS
US citizens throw away
plastic bottles
Each one takes
to decompose.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

7. 6.
of marine creatures
THOUSANDS
die by mistakenly swallowing
JELLYFISH.
PLASTIC BAGS
that resemble
#RECYCLINGFACTS

8. 7.
20 TIMES.
Each year, we throw out enough
to reach the moon and back
SODA CANS & BOTTLES
#RECYCLINGFACTS

9. 8.
Recycling ONE aluminum can saves
enough energy to listen to a full album
on your iPod.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

10. 9.
Recycling
ONE TON OF PLASTIC
can save up to
2,000 GALLONS
GASOLINE.of
#RECYCLINGFACTS

11. 10.
Most of it is
14 BILLION POUNDS
of garbage are dumped into the ocean.
Every year,
PLASTIC.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

12. 11.
Recycling
ONE TON
of paper saves
17 TREES.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

13. 12.
The average person generates over
4 POUNDS
of trash every day
and about 1.5 TONS of solid
waste per year.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

14. 13.
We generate
21.5 MILLION TONS
of food waste each year. If we composted
that food, it would reduce the same
amount of greenhouse gas as taking
2 MILLION CARS
off the road.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

15. 14.
from a leaky faucet wastes
ONE DRIP ONE SECOND
540 GALLONS
of water a year.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

16. 15.
It takes between
400 AND 500 YEARS
for a Styrofoam cup to decompose.
It takes an orange peel
SIX MONTHS
to decompose.
#RECYCLINGFACTS

17. #RECYCLINGFACTS
DO YOU KNOW ANY INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT RECYCLING?
SHARE WITH US!