Earth Friendly Chemicals designs environmentally friendly products in a quest to help save the planet for future generations. As the global community is confronted with climate change and environmental issues, here are some thought-provoking facts to consider:

• If all newspaper in America was recycled, this could save about 250 million trees each year!
  
  
• Recycling just one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours or the equivalent of a half-gallon of gasoline.
  
  
• Production of recycled paper uses 80% less water, 65% less energy and produces 95% less air pollution than virgin paper production.
  
  
• Consumers use enough plastic wrap to contain all of Texas every year.
  
  
• Americans use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are
  thrown away!
  
  
• Motor oil never wears out; it just gets dirty. Oil can be recycled, re-refined and used again, reducing reliance on imported oil.
  
  
• Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial fleet of airplanes every 3 months. (Environmental Defense Fund)
  
  
• About 80% of what Americans throw away is recyclable, yet our recycling rate is just 28%. (Environmental Protection Agency)
  
  
• In 1987, the U.S. released 1.2 million tons of toxic chemicals into our atmosphere, 670,000 tons into our soil, and 250,000 tons into our water. (International Wildlife magazine)
  

These recycling facts have been compiled from various sources, including the National Recycling Coalition, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Earth911.org.

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