Everything you need to know about recycling in Franklin County and beyond — Defending our natural resources should be a priority for everyone. Don’t wait another day to begin a recycling program. Make it second nature in your home.
Recycling Statistics:
- Half of what people in the United States throw away could be recycled.
- Recycling is financially sensible. Creating items from recycled materials is far less energy-intensive than creating new items from virgin materials.
- Recycling makes good economical sense. Recycling creates jobs and generates valuable revenue for the United States.
- Recycling conserves natural resources and helps sustain the environment for future generations.
- Recycling is good for your health. It decreases emissions of greenhouse gases and prevents pollution caused by the harvesting and processing of virgin materials.
- Recycling conserves landfill space. Conserving landfill space now will help eliminate the need to build new or expanded landfills.
Did you know...?
- The average American family throws away about 10 pounds of garbage a day.
- An aluminum can takes up to 500 years to decompose.
- Styrofoam and glass containers will never decompose.
- A ton of paper made from all recycled fibers saves 17 to 31 trees and 7,000 gallons of water.
- In one day, America used enough computer paper to go around the world 40 times.
- America uses 3.5 million tons of plastic each year. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough electricity to run a television for three hours. Ohioans generate over 17 million tons of waste each year.