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Recycling one ton of plastic bottles saves about 3.8 barrels of oil.1

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Recycling 25 2-liter soda bottles provides enough plastic to make one adult-size fleece jacket.2

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Recycling 1,200 plastic bottles provides enough materials to make one 200-pound plastic lumber railroad tie.3

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Recycling aluminum cans provides the material to produce new cans using 95% less energy than making them from virgin ore.4

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Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost 4 hours.4

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Recycling office paper helps save trees. Producing one ton of office paper* uses 24 trees. Producing one ton of recycled paper** can use only 12-17 trees.5

*Uncoated virgin printing and office paper
**30%-50% post consumer content copier paper