Recycling Facts
- There are no landfills left in northern Cook County
- Our garbage goes to Wisconsin, some of New York's is shipped to southern Illinois
- Each ton of paper we recycle gives 17 trees a longer life (trees grown for paper are a crop, like cotton)
- In Evanston, we recycle more than 20 tons of paper every day!
- A recycled aluminum can takes 95% less energy to make than a new aluminum can
- Plastic bottles with #1 and #2 make up about 85% of plastic packaging
- We use about as much oil to make plastic as we use to run all of our cars and trucks
- Glass, steel, aluminum and plastic are made from non-renewable natural resources
- Buying recycled products is essential to the success of recycling, so look for the chasing arrows!
- Recycling costs as much as 40% less per ton than garbage disposal
