Fun Facts

I didn’t know that!

• For every ton of recycled paper, you have saved 17 trees, 4.000 gallons of water, 3000 kWH of total energy and 2.5 cubic yards of landfill space.
• Pratt Industries recycles more than 60,000 tons of paper and cardboard each month.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.
• Plastic bottles take 700 years before they begin to decompose in a landfill.
• Recycling creates 6 times as many jobs as land filling.
• Each of us generates on average 4.4 pounds of waste per day per person.
• Recycling all of your home's waste newsprint, cardboard, glass, and metal can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 850 pounds a year