DID YOU KNOW?
- Glass is recycled by being broken into small pieces and melted down to be used again in new bottles and jars.
- Paper is chopped into pieces and hot water is added to make a mushy pulp. It is cleaned, squashed, dried and pressed to make new sheets of paper.
- 80 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year, using up to eight per cent of the world's oil production.
- Switzerland recycles 91 per cent of its glass - the highest rate in the world. The UK recycles approximately 46 per cent of its glass.
- Every tree makes about 3000 pieces of A4 paper - and every tonne of paper recycled saves 13 trees.
- Only 5 per cent of electricity used in the UK is generated from green energy.
- There are 10 million mobile phones that could be recycled stored in UK homes.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? START SAVING THE EARTH!! (:
Contributed by Grace
Saturday, May 9, 2009
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