About recycling

Recycling and waste facts (courtesy of www.wasteonline.org.uk)

Paper

• an average household in the UK throws away 4kg of waste paper each week
• producing recycled paper uses about 50% less energy than producing virgin paper

Glass

• on average, every family in the UK consumes around 330 glass bottles and jars each year
• if the average household recycled all their glass, enough energy would be saved to power a computer for five days or a 100w lightbulb for 2.5 days

Cans

• cans are the easiest product to recycle and can be recycled again and again
• recycling one aluminium can requires only 5% of the energy used to make it from scratch
• recycling one tonne of steel uses 75% less energy and 40% less water than using virgin materials