Why is Recycling Important?
UK households produced 30.5 million tonnes of waste in 2003/04, of which only 17%(just 5.2million tonnes) was collected for recycling. Though it may sound high this figure is still quite low compared to some of our neighboring EU countries, some recycling over 50% of their waste and besides we will need to recycle a lot more to save our planet. There is still a great deal of waste which could be recycled that ends up in landfill sites which is harmful to the environment.
Recycling is an excellent way of saving energy and conserving the environment without recycling we will produce an even larger amount of waste and may soon run out of energy so switch this computer off now, get off your lazy backside and do something about it-RECYCLE!!!.
16 Interesting Facts about recycling
1)Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled.
2)The unreleased energy contained in the average dustbin each year could power a television for 5,000 hours.
3)The largest lake in the Britain could be filled with rubbish from the UK in 8 months.
4)On average, 16% of the money you spend on a product pays for the packaging, which ultimately ends up as rubbish.
5)As much as 50% of waste in the average dustbin could be composted.
6)Up to 80% of a vehicle can be recycled.
7)9/10 people would recycle more if it were made easier.
8)Each UK household produces over 1 tonne of rubbish annually, amounting to about 31 million tonnes for the UK each year
9)Every year, the average dustbin contains enough unrealised energy for 500 baths, 3500 showers or 5,000 hours of television.
10)On average every person in the UK throws away their own body weight in rubbish every 7 weeks
11)In less than 2 hours the UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall
12)The cost of managing the municipal waste produced in England is around £1.6 billion per year
13)1 recycled tin can would save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours.
14)1 recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes.
15)1 recycled plastic bottle would save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for 3 hours.
16)70% less energy is required to recycle paper compared with making it from raw materials.
