Recycling is one of the best ways to living green and saving natural resources by reusing the ones in existence. By recycling, you will be actively contributing towards the future of this planet. and you can recycle almost anything, even Styrofoam!

For those of you who already know that, here are a few recycling facts that should interest you.

1. Did you know that when you recycle a single aluminum can, you save energy that is sufficient to keep your television running for three hours? Imagine how much television you can watch with a 100 cans!
2. The trend of recycling aluminum cans began in the year 1972, and studies have shown that if all the aluminum cans that have been recycled since that year were placed from end to end, then the chain of cans would stretch from the earth to the moon a 174 times.
3. The energy saved by replacing one regular bulb in every American home with one that is ENERGY STAR certified bulb is enough to provide light for over 3 million houses for one year. This is because ENERGY STAR certified light bulbs consume only around ¼ of the energy consumed by a regular bulb. These bulbs also produce less heat, and will help to cut the costs associated with cooling the house as well
4. Every new glass food container is made up of a minimum of 35% recycled glass. The real aim however, is to increase the percentage of recycled glass used, since glass naturally takes about one million years to naturally break down by weathering.
5. In America alone, there is enough plastic film produced every year to be able to package the entire state of Texas.
6. On average, a 15 year old tree will be able to produce around 700 paper bags when it is chopped down. In contrast, this is approximately the number of paper bags that most supermarkets distribute in a single hour.