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Plastic
DO
Include:
DON'T
Include:
PLASTIC CONTAINER OR FOOD TUBS
(ie.
yogurt & margarine containers).
Motor oil, antifreeze, medicine or other
hazardous chemical bottles.
Plastic wrap, bags, toys or cups.
Styrofoam or packing peanuts.
DID YOU KNOW?
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Only five recycled
soda bottles make enough fiberfill for one ski
jacket.
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Americans discard at
least $120 million worth of milk jugs, butter tubes
and other High Density Polyethylene plastics (#2
HDPE) each year.
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Every year we make
enough plastic film to shrink-wrap Texas.
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Annually, Americans
produce the equivalent of 10 pounds of plastic for
every person on EARTH.
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Soda bottles and
other #1 plastic containers are shredded and then
made into scouring pads, insulation, fiberfill for
stuffed toys and pillows, carpeting, T-shirts,
backpacks, and non-food containers.
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Milk jugs and other
#2 plastics are recycled to make trash bins, traffic
cones, "plastic wood" for benches, docks,
playgrounds, and recycling bins.
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