Daily, each of us is responsible for the production of about 1.3 kilograms of waste. At the end of the year are nearly 500 kg. of waste, 9% are plastic packages.
The energy saved by recycling a glass bottle is enough to keep a lamp of 100 watts lit for 4 hours.
For every ton of glass used in the manufacture of glass includes saving 1.2 tonnes of original-raw material.
One ton of recycled paper avoids the killing of 15 to 20 trees.
The production of recycled paper means saving water needed in the production of paper and reduces the cutting of trees, therefore contributing to a sustainable forest. Five plastic bottles recycled lead to enough polyester to make a short-sleeve shirt in XL. For a pair of pants 10 bottles are enough, and 25 bottles provides material for a sweater.
Each 100 tonnes of recycled plastic prevents the extraction of a tonne of oil.
Due to the low weight, the use of plastics in cars reduces fuel consumption by 4%.
The recycling of plastics saves oil and natural gas, the two raw materials more used.
A can of a drink can be infinitely recycled without losing its quality.
Recycling one ton of wood waste prevents the killing of 40 trees.
One ton of recycled paper saves between 15 to 20 trees and in the production of this recycled paper are spent 2 to 3 times less energy.
The glass is completely recyclable, to obtain 1 ton of glass you simply need to recycle another ton.
(source: http://energiaebjosesaraiva.blogs.sapo.pt/29091.html )
3 comentários:
You have here a lot of curiosities that are really interesting, we should really start to recycling because the advantages of that are really good, and we are helping our Planet.
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Nice job with the curiosities! I think it will help people to understand the importance of recyling.
Interesting post! There are many things you have here that I wasn't aware about.
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