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* Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline. * 350,000 aluminum cans are produced every minute! * More aluminum goes into beverage cans than any other product . * Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be part of a new can within six weeks. * Because so many of them are recycled, aluminum cans account for less than 1% of the total U.S. waste stream, according to EPA estimates. * During the time it takes you to read this sentence, 50,000 12-ounce aluminum cans are made. * An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now! * There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can can be recycled. * Aluminum can manufacturers have been making cans lighter -- in 1972 each pound of aluminum produced 22 cans; today it yields 29 cans. * We use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum pop cans every year. * At one time, aluminum was more valuable than gold! * A 60-watt light bulb can be run for over a day on the amount of energy saved by recycling 1 pound of steel. In one year in the United States, the recycling of steel saves enough energy to heat and light 18,000,000 homes! * Every ton of recycled steel saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,000 of coal, and 40 pounds of limestone. |
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Our Collected Cans
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*Updated at the end of each Month
~ We Recycle, Do You? ~
| Not only do we recycle aluminum cans . . . we are very fortunate to live in an area that provides bi-weekly curb recycling pick up for our community,Charles County Recycling. This enables us to recycle a few other items that we may use on an almost daily bases. . paper , tin, batteries, plastic, glass. We are very proud & pleased to be involved in this service. And strongly encourage everyone to get involved in the ones in their community. If you don't have one, please do try to encourage your community to start up some. One person, one piece can make a difference! |
The cans we have listed are only the ones we find,
we as well save any cans we use. We find the "found" ones . .
* walking to & from school
* the school playground
* the neighborhood
* the community bus service lot
* soccer field
* local store parking lots when we have errands to run
* the beach
~ Links To Recycle . . . Please Pass Them On To Others ~
"One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade."
- Chinese Proverb
* EDCO |
* Alliant Energy |
* Eekoworld |
| Also come check out this site! Great informations for Adults & Kids on conserving Energy!
*Energy Hog |
Here is another really great site! Communities getting together to recycle!
*Freecycle.org |
| LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS GUY! Come check out what this individual is doing with cans!
*A "Can"-Do House |
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| To Get Back To "2009 Found Treasures" |
thrown into the Oceans kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year!
Carelessly discarded plastic bags can, have & will strangle, choke, kill our wildlife!
Plastic bags can take hundreds of years to break down!
As they break down they release poisonous materials into the water and soil!!!
Reuseable bags help to greatly reduce this . .
Wanting a reuseable bag?
Then please come check out our CafePress stores!
We have 3 reuseable bags with 3 different designs upon them!
Just click one of the bags below to see more!
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