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Climate Change Champions

Climate Change Champions. Recycling Factoid 1: The energy saved from recycling one can is enough to power a television for 3 hours. Recycling Factoid 2: It takes only 5% of the energy to make a recycled can as it does a new one – and it produces only 5% of the CO 2 emissions.

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Climate Change Champions

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  1. Climate Change Champions

  2. Recycling Factoid 1: The energy saved from recycling one can is enough to power a television for 3 hours

  3. Recycling Factoid 2: It takes only 5% of the energy to make a recycled can as it does a new one – and it produces only 5% of the CO2 emissions.

  4. Recycling Factoid 3: If all the aluminium drinks cans sold in the UK were recycled, there would be 14 million fewer full dustbins per year.

  5. Recycling Factoid 4: In the UK we use 12.5 billion steel cans every year but nearly 10 billion go to landfill – they can be recycled.

  6. Recycling Factoid 5: In the UK we recycle 2.5 billion cans a year – but that’s only 20%, we throw away 80%.

  7. Recycling Factoid 6: Producing steel from recycled material saves 75% of the energy needed to make steel from raw materials.

  8. Recycling Factoid 7: Every steel can is 100% recyclable – over and over again – to make products like bicycles and new cans.

  9. Recycling Factoid 8: Glass can be recycled again and again without losing its clarity or purity.

  10. Recycling Factoid 9: The UK has over 50000 bottle banks.

  11. Recycling Factoid 10: One bottle bank holds up to 3000 bottles before it needs to be emptied.

  12. Recycling Factoid 11: In the UK we recycle around 1.2 million tonnes of used glass each year.

  13. Recycling Factoid 12: In the UK, 66% of used paper is collected for recycling.

  14. Recycling Factoid 13: For every tonne of glass we recycle, we save 315kg of CO2 emissions.

  15. Recycling Factoid 14: The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can power a 100 Watt light bulb for almost one hour.

  16. Recycling Factoid 15: The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can power a computer for 20 minutes or a TV for 15 minutes.

  17. Recycling Factoid 16: The average UK household uses 373 plastic bottles per year but recycles only 29.

  18. Recycling Factoid 17: The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can power a washing machine for 10 minutes.

  19. Recycling Factoid 18: It takes just 25 two-litre plastic bottles to make one adult-size fleece jacket – yes your fleece jacket is made from recycled plastic bottles!

  20. Recycling Factoid 19: The energy saved from recycling one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60 Watt light bulb for six hours.

  21. Recycling Factoid 20: UK newspapers are made from 86% recycled paper.

  22. Recycling Factoid 21: In the UK each person throws away their own body weight in rubbish every 7 weeks.

  23. Recycling Factoid 22: Every 8 months the UK produces enough waste to fill Lake Windermere (the largest lake in England).

  24. Recycling Factoid 23: Every year the average bin contains enough unrealised energy for 500 baths, 3500 showers or 5000 hours of television.

  25. Recycling Factoid 24: Every household in the UK produces one tonne of waste each year.

  26. Climate Change Champions

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