Residents can deposit the recycle goods into the proper containers provided. Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt light bulb burning for 3.5 hours. Recycling five 2 liter plastic bottles can produce enough fiberfill to make a man's ski jacket.
Recycling reduces potential environmental damage.
Recycling a 4 foot stack of newspaper saves a 40 foot pine tree. Recycling one aluminum saves enough electricity to run your TV for 3 hours. It takes 500,000 trees to publish America's Sunday newspapers. One car oil change poured into a storm drain can create an eight acre oil slick.