1. recycle a million cell phones can recover about 50 pounds (23 kg) of gold.
2. national geographic kids magazine once collected 16,407 sneakers to be recycled.
3. British eco adventure david de rothschild sailed the pacific on a boat made from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles.
4. recycle one aluminums saves enough energy to listen to a full album on your iPod.
5. glass is 100 percent recyclable and cab be recycled an endless number of times.
6. in Finland 94 percent of plastic bottle are recycled.
7. one artist uses satellite dishes remote controls cables and Other items found in recycling centers to create large art installations.
8. adidas make sneaked that are made out of fishing nets and recycled ocean waste.
9. 35 percent of trash generated in the united states is recycled or composted.
10. residents of Vancouvers can face fines for failing to recycle.
11. one ton (0.9 t) of recycled paper can save 17 trees.
12. you can buy boxed of recycled crayons that are made from broken and mismanagement one.
13. members of the recycled orchestra in cateura Paraguay are famous for playing instruments make completely out of recycled materials.
14. an artist in new Orleans Louisiana U.A.S. creates mosaics out of Mardi Gras beads and trash found throughout the city.
15. one company uses items like old playing cards to make ball gowns.
16. Americans throw away enough office parer each year to build a wall from Seattle to new York
17. In one more a group of students in Hung kong collected 2,528 pounds 11 ounces (1,147 kg) of glass bottles to be recycled a world record.
18. the insulation in one eco friendly house in Brighton England u.k. is make of thousands of toothbrushes dvd cases and denim waste.
19. in Sweden recycling stations most be no more than 984 feet (300m) from any residential are for easy access.
from national geographic kids almanac
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