Recycling obviously has a very improtant contribution to make to cutting down our impact on the environment. Re-use cuts down the need for replacement and therefore has the potential to save energy and resources used in producing new products and packaging as well as avoiding the production of associated toxins and other damaging bi-products.
Some recycling facts and figures:
- In less than 2 hours the UK produces enough waste to fill the Albert Hall (source: Waste Watch)
- It takes 25 x 2 litre pop bottles to make one adult size fleece jacket
(source: Recycle-more.co.uk)
- Only 5% of plastics are recycled (source: Recyclingconsortium.org)
- Every steel can is 100% recyclable (source: Recycle-more.co.uk)