Fun Facts (from Fairfax County, VA website)
- Recycling one ton of paper saves one acre of trees!
- More than 30 million trees are cut down to create one year's worth of newspapers!
- Paper makes up the largest single item in the trash, accounting for 37 percent!
- The volume of glass recycled by Americans in one year would fill New Jersey's Giants Stadium more than three times!
- Glass can be recycled an infinite number of times!
- The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle will light a 100-watt bulb for four hours!
- We can recycle plastic milk, water and detergent bottles to make new detergent and engine oil bottles, trash cans, flower pots, recycling bins, drainage pipes, park benches, playground equipment, traffic barrier cones, kitchen drain boards and combs!
- The number of plastics recycling businesses has nearly tripled over the past several years, with more than 1,700 businesses handling and reclaiming post-consumer plastics.
- By using plastic in packaging, American product manufacturers save enough energy each year to power a city of 1 million homes for three and a half years.
For More Information about local recycling, please visit the following websites:
WVU's WECAN Recycling Program
Where To Recycle
Monongalia County Solid Waste Authority
http://moncountyswa.googlepages.com/
Recycling Drop Off Locations
http://moncountyswa.googlepages.com/monongaliacountyrecyclingsatellitesites
West Virginia University Recycling Service--Facilities Management
http://www.wvu.edu/~facserv/plant/recycling_services.html
WVU HSC goes green with recycling effort
http://www.health.wvu.edu/newsreleases/news-detail.asp?ID=725
WVU School of Medicine Recycling Club
http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/students/aboutSoM/studentLife/organizations/recycling.asp
Morgantown Recycling
CURBSIDE PICKUP
http://www.morgantown.com/recycling-info.htm
E-cycling West Virginia
http://www.state.wv.us/swmb/ECycle_07_Events.htm
WVU HSC Battery Recycling!
WVU HSC Computer Equipment Recycling
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