Thanks goes to the City of Casa Grande for posting the following information from Reader’s Digest.

What’s in the can?
The average American tosses 4.6 lbs of garbage every day.

The breakdown:

• Paper 32.7 %
• Yard waste 12.8 %
• Food waste 12.5 %
• Plastics 12.1 %
• Metals 8.2 %
• Wood 5.6 %
• Glass 5.3 %
• Textiles 4.7 %
• Rubber & leather 2.9 %
• Other 3.2 %

Where the trash goes

• Landfill 54%
• Recycling 33.4%
• Incinerators 12.6%

1.7 million – The number of homes the U.S. could power for 24 hours if we turned a day’s worth of garbage into fuel

80% – How much of our trash is recyclable

33% – How much of our trash we recycle

60 Days – The average time it takes for a can to be recycled and placed back on the store shelf

$304,479 – Cost per acre to build a landfill

Celebrate America’s National Recycle Day

November 15th of each year.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?