Reason #1:
Recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than making new

Reason #2:
Metal is melted down and reformed into new products such as cans, automobile parts, sliding, appliances and building materials.

Reason #3:
Recycling one ton of cardboard saves 7 trees, 7000 gallons of water, cuts pollution, 11 barrels of oil, and 3 cubic yards of landfill space.

Reason #4:
Eight out of ten plastic water bottles become landfill waste.

Reason #5:
Plastic bottles take 700 years before they begin to decompose in a landfill.
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