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210 million gallons of antifreeze is produced in the U.S. every year. Nearly 80 percent is used to refill leaking cooling systems which means 168 million gallons leaks into the environment every year! One reason it’s important to recycle this antifreeze is large quantities of glycol kills aquatic life and disrupts sewage treatment processes. Used antifreeze also contains toxic materials such as lead and benzene as well.

Keeping our environment clean benefits everyone. Did you know that by recycling, you help reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are caused by the manufacture of new items? Additionally, water and air pollution caused by hazardous waste disposal is eliminated.

One use of used oil is to burn it for energy. Large industrial boilers can efficiently burn the used oil with minimum pollution. As a result some used oil is sent to power plants or cement kilns to be burned as fuel.

Electronics recycling involves much more than computer monitors. Electronics recycling can include the recycling and refurbishing of CD/floppy drives, monitors, wires, cables, motherboards, hubs, servers, modems, and hard drives.

In 2014, the US recovered some 3.64 million metric tons of aluminum and 1.15 million metric tons of lead for recycling. The estimated value of recovered non-ferrous scrap that year was pegged at $40 billion.

Next time you drink a soda, consider this: recycling just one aluminum can would save enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for 20 hours, a computer for three hours, and a TV for two hours.

Making a brand-new product out of virgin materials is bad for everyone, especially for future generations. That is because these products deplete natural resources, which will not return. For instance, paper uses trees, and plastics use fossil fuel and natural gas. Making products from recycled materials lessens this burden.

Recycling 1 million cell phones would result in the recovery of some 35,274 lbs of copper, 75 lbs of gold, and 35 lbs of palladium could be recovered. In America, an average of 140 million cellphones are thrown away each year.

Did you know that, if improperly disposed of, used oil from refrigerated appliances can actually release dissolved ozone-depleting substances, as well as cause groundwater contamination? In addition, even short-term exposure to the oil can cause skin, eye, and respiratory irritation, as well as an array of health issues.

Aluminum is one of the most recyclable materials there is. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a 100-watt light bulb for 20 hours, a computer for three hours, and a TV for two hours.

Refurbished computers can actually offer you a lot of benefits beyond the expense. They won’t need to be treated with kid gloves, and it isn’t necessarily going to be a worse computer. They can actually be equally powerful and can do the job perfectly.

Old cooking oil should be recycled once it goes rancid or if the color changes dramatically. Cooking oil can be refined and recycled into heating oil.

America Recycles Day is a nationally recognized day held on November 15 each year. On this day, Americans are encouraged to recycle and buy recycled products.