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LOCATION: right behind City Hall
DAYS: 7 days a week, 365 days a year
HOURS: 24 hours a day
ITEMS WE WILL ACCEPT
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#1 plastic – rinsed, caps removed
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#2 plastic – rinsed, caps removed
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Magazines
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Newspaper – includes all inserts
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Mixed paper – office paper, shredded
paper, junk mail, food packaging (things from your kitchen and office)
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Tin cans – rinsed, lids okay
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY THE GLEN ELDER COMMUNITY
CLUB
...and made
possible by support
from the City of Glen Elder
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Recycling 1 aluminum can can save enough
energy to power a TV for up to 3 hours or run a 100-watt bulb for 20
hours – the equivalent of a half-gallon of gasoline.
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Recycling 125 aluminum cans saves enough
energy to power one home for 1 day.
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If every American recycled just one-tenth
of their newspapers, we would save about 25,000,000 trees a year.
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Each ton of recycled paper can save 17
trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4000
kilowatts of energy and 7000 gallons of water. This represents a 64%
energy savings, a 58% water savings, and 60% less air pollution.
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The amount of wood and paper we throw away
each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years.
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Each month, we throw out enough glass
bottles and jars to fill a giant skyscraper.
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It can take up to 700 years for plastic to
decompose.
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By using plastic in packaging, American
product manufacturers save enough energy each year to power a city of 1
million homes for 3 years.
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Recycling 1 ton of plastic can save 1-2
thousand gallons of gas.
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