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Recycling - The Facts

Doing your bit

By recycling you are:

• conserving energy and resources
• supporting local community projects
• boosting jobs
• helping make a difference to the community and local environment
• helping the country meet its targets on recycling and recovery of household waste.

Aluminium Facts

• The aluminium can recycling process saves 95% of the energy that would be used to produce the same quantity of metal from raw materials.
• Over 5 billion aluminium drink cans are sold in the UK each year. In 2000, only 42% of aluminium cans were recycled - this means that over 3 billion drink cans, worth £22.5 million, went into landfill.

Glass Facts

• We throw away 8,000 tonnes of glass a year in Tameside - that’s enough to fill 50 swimming pools.
• Recycling one bottle saves enough energy to power a television set for an hour and a half.
• During 2000, the UK recycled 566,563 tonnes of glass, saving more than 2,132,500 mega joules of energy - enough to light up London for more than three years.
• Glass is 100% recyclable. It can be recycled again and again and again without loss of quality.

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