What is made out of your recycled material?

Newspaper

• Recycled newspaper is reprocessed into newsprint and wrapping paper, manufactured into molded packaging, shredded and fireproofing added for blown-in cellulose insulation or manufactured into sheet rock surfacing.

• Recycled cardboard is manufactured into medium, linerboard, and paper for brown paper bags.

• Rolled sheets of recycled aluminum can be formed into many products, such as car bodies. Aluminum is also cast (molded) or extruded into many useful forms like soda cans.

• Tin and steel are separated. The recycled tin is used by the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, and the steel is remanufactured into cars, cans and structures. Most steel products contain some recycled steel.

• Recycled glass is remanufactured into glass containers and fiberglass insulation, and construction uses glass such as utility trench backfill and road base material, glassphalt paving.

Did you know?

Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4,000 kilowatts of energy and 7,000 gallons of water.

Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper per year, or about 580 pounds per person per year.

Making recycled paper instead of new paper uses 64 percent less energy and uses 58 percent less water.

Every day Americans businesses generate enough paper to circle the earth 20 times.