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duced 30.5 million If all cans in the UK were recycled, we would
n 2003/04, of which need 14 million fewer dustbins.
d for recycling. £36,000,000 worth of aluminium is thrown
away each year.
low compared to Aluminium cans can be recycled and ready
ng EU countries, to use in just six weeks.
% of their waste.
al of waste which
Glass
ends up in landfill
Each UK family uses an average of 500 glass
o the environment.
bottles and jars annually.
ent way of saving
The largest glass furnace produces over
g the environment.
one million glass bottles and jars per day.
Glass is 100% recyclable and can be
sting Facts used again and again.
the rubbish that
Glass that is thrown away and
he dustbin could
ends up in landfills will never
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. decompose.
ased energy for 4 easy
n the average
Paper
h year could power
Recycled paper produces 73%
recycling steps
for 5,000 hours.
less air pollution than if it was
ke in the Britain
made from raw materials.
with rubbish from
12.5 million tonnes of paper and
.
money you spend
cardboard are used annually in the UK.
e packaging, which
The average person in the UK gets through
bbish.
38kg of newspapers every year.
e in the average
It takes 24 trees to make one ton of newspaper.
ted.
ould recycle
Plastic
sier.
275,000 tonnes of plastic are used each year in
n be recycled. the UK, that’s about 15 million bottles per day.
Most families throw away about 40kg of plastic
per year, which could otherwise be recycled.
minium is produced The use of plastic in Western Europe is
of which ends up as growing at a rate of about 4% each year.
Plastic can take up to 500 years to decompose.
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