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• Making paper from recycled paper reduces the related contribution to <br />air pollution 95 %. <br />• Recycling a stack of newspaper just 3 feet high saves one tree. <br />• More than 37% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the <br />U.S. comes from recycled sources. <br />Glass: <br />Glass can be recycled and re- manufactured an infinite amount of times <br />and never wear out. <br />• Making glass from recycled material cuts related water pollution by <br />50 %. <br />• Recycling just one glass jar saves enough electricity to light an 11 <br />watt CFL bulb for 20 hours. <br />• More than 28 billion glass bottles and jars end up in landfills every <br />year -- that is the equivalent of filling up two Empire State Buildings <br />every three weeks. <br />Cardboard: <br />• Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy needed to make <br />new cardboard. <br />Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil. <br />• Over 90% of all products shipped in the US are shipped in corrugated <br />boxes, which totals more than 400 billion square feet of cardboard. <br />• Nearly 80% of all retailers and grocers recycle their cardboard. <br />Food Waste: (without paper products) <br />Food waste can be used for composting and sold to farmers or it can <br />be provided as a food source for local animal farms that meet federal, <br />state and local regulations for food scrap usage. <br />• Almost half of the food in the U.S. goes to waste - approximately 3,000 <br />pounds per second. <br />• Food scraps make up almost 12% of municipal solid waste generated <br />in the U.S. <br />