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Recycling Facts
Prepare yourself - this will not be comfortable reading:
- Every day 80 million food and drink cans go into landfill.
- In Britain alone, 200 glass bottles and jars are thrown away every second.
- In the UK 15 million mobile phones are replaced every year.
- 8 million nappies are thrown away every day. A child will wear approximately 5,850 nappies in a lifetime. Every nappy ever made is still in the ground and will still be there when your children's children have children.
- 5 million tonnes of paper is dumped in landfill every year in the UK alone.
- 8 billion plastic bags are produced every year.
- We throw away 4 billion plastic cups a year.
- The UK generates upto 30,000 tonnes of wasted batteries a year.
The answers: - Aluminium and steel cans can be recycled.
- Glass can be recycled.
- Do you really need a new phone?
- Cotton nappies have been around a long time and have improved beyond recognition.
- 1 square metre of recycled paper saves one tree.
- Carry a re-usable cotton bag.
- Re-use your cup.
- Rechargeable batteries.
The answers are there if we just look for them......
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