KEEP MIAMI BEAUTIFUL JUST FOR KIDS

Facts & Tips

Interesting Recycling Facts:

•  Hotels will create 1.5 pounds of solid waste per day per room.
• 1 ton of solid waste is equal to 3.5 cubic yards of solid waste.
• Each person produces 3.5 pounds of solid waste per day.
• One three foot stack of newspapers is equal to one tree, approximately 30 feet tall.
• One three foot stack of newspaper weighs 100 pounds.
• To make one ton of virgin paper uses 17 trees (3 2/3 acres of forest).
• 62,860 trees must be cut to provide pulp for a single edition of the Sunday New York Times.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves the energy equivalent to one cup of gasoline.
• A steel mill can reduce its water pollution 76% and mining wastes 97% using scrap metal, such as steel cans, instead of iron ore.
• In the summer, nearly one third of all summer waste handled by garbage haulers consists of grass clippings.
• In the fall, leaves comprise as much as half of all waste generated by residents.
• One dollar out of every $11 spent on groceries goes to pay for packaging.
• 32% of all municipal waste is from packaging.

Each Year We Throw Away:

• Enough aluminum to rebuild the entire American Airlines air fleet 71 times.
• Enough steel to reconstruct Manhattan.
• Enough wood and paper to heat 5 million homes for 200 years.
• One third of all of the food we buy.

Here's how you can help.

•  Be sure your trash goes in the trash can, not just near it.
• Pick up after yourself at a picnic or a fast-food restaurant.
• Do your part to help pick up trash around your home and school.
• Never throw anything from a car or truck.
• Always set an example by not littering, no matter where you are.

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