Recycling Facts - your every little action counts!
#1 Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 26,498 litres of water, 1,439 litres of oil & 4,000 kilowatts of electricity.
#2 recycling one glass bottle sves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours.
#3 Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as it takes to burn.
#4 Recycling tin & steel cans saves between 60% & 74% if the energy used to produce them from raw materials.
Source: http://www.dosomething.org/
Continue to help save the earth by bringing your recycles to any one of the five GRC-wide Cash for Trash collection stations - open every Sunday from 7.30am to noon.
Rates (prices are subject to change):
Aluminium cans ~ $1.50 per kg
Old clothing ~ $0.20 per kg
Paper ~ $0.14 per kg
Metal Cans & Plastic Bottles ~$0.10
Glass Bottles $~0.05 per kg
#2 recycling one glass bottle sves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours.
#3 Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as it takes to burn.
#4 Recycling tin & steel cans saves between 60% & 74% if the energy used to produce them from raw materials.
Source: http://www.dosomething.org/
Continue to help save the earth by bringing your recycles to any one of the five GRC-wide Cash for Trash collection stations - open every Sunday from 7.30am to noon.
Rates (prices are subject to change):
Aluminium cans ~ $1.50 per kg
Old clothing ~ $0.20 per kg
Paper ~ $0.14 per kg
Metal Cans & Plastic Bottles ~$0.10
Glass Bottles $~0.05 per kg