Recycling Facts

• An estimated 13 billion plastic bottles are disposed of each year.
• 1 tonne = 20,000 plastic bottles.
• Operate a computer for 20 mins.
• Operate a TV for 13 mins.
• On average, every household uses 500 plastic bottles each year.

• Recycling a single plastic bottle can conserve enough energy to light a 60W light bulb for up to 6 hours.
• Recycling plastic uses only 5 - 10% as much energy as manufacturing new plastic.
• 11% of household waste is plastic, 40% of which is plastic bottles.
• Recycling 1 tonne of plastic bottles save 1.5 tonne of carbon.

By recycling 1 plastic bottle not only saves anywhere from 100 to 1000 years in the landfill but also saves the environment from the emissions in producing new bottles as well as the oil used to produce that bottle.

For every 1 ton of plastic that is recycled we save the equivalent of 2 people`s energy use for 1 year, the amount of water used by 1 person in 2 month`s time and almost 2000 pounds of oil.