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DID YOU KNOW…

 

WHERE DOES THAT LITTER GO?

  • Rainfall washes litter into storm drains.
  • Storm drains lead to the nearest body of water and dump litter into our North Texas creeks and rivers.
  • Those creeks and rivers drain into area reservoirs, which happen to be the source of our drinking water supplies.

 

CHUNK RECYCLABLES, TOO!

  • Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil, and 4,100 kilowatt-hours of electricity — enough energy to power the average American home for five months. (EPA, 2008)
  • Recycling paper instead of making it from new material generates 74 percent less air pollution and uses 50 percent less water. (EPA, 2008)
  • Toss out one aluminum can and you waste as much energy as if you’d filled the same can half-full with gasoline and poured it onto the ground, according to Residential Recycling and Refuse of Texas.

 

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