Recycling delivers significant environmental benefits through avoided use of virgin materials and reduced energy use in production of the required materials.
For example, every tonne of paper recycled saves;
13 trees
2.5 barrels of oil
4100 kWh of electricity (it takes 70% less energy to produce paper from recycled paper than from trees)
4 cubic metres of landfill
31,780 litres of water
Every tonne of paper that goes to landfill produces leacheate which contaminates the groundwater and produces methane gas which has a greenhouse warming potential 21 times higher than carbon dioxide.
Also, every tonne of food and organic waste recycled produces;
100 kg of fertilizer
Enough electricity to power 16 homes and reduce 1.3 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions
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