• Over 75% of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it

• Americans throw away 25,000,000 plastic bottles every hour

• In 2010, paper recycling had increased over 89% since 1990

• It takes a 15-year-old tree to produce 700 grocery bags

• 75 percent of all water used in the household is used in the bathroom

• Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil, and 4000 kilowatt hours of electricity.  This is enough energy to power the average American home for 5 months

• Over 73 percent of all newspapers are recovered for recycling. About 33 percent of this is used to make newsprint the rest is used to make paperboard, tissue, or insulation

• A little more than 48 percent of all office paper is recycled. This is used to make writing papers, paperboard, tissue, and insulation

• Paper manufacturing is the largest industrial user of water per pound of finished product.
Source: American Forest and Paper Association

• 1 recycled tin can would save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours

• 1 recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes

• 1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours

• 70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials