Why Does Zion Recycle?
There are many reasons to recycle, but the short list includes: • It saves money. • It improves efficiency. • It reduces energy use. • It reduces water use. • It saves landfill space. • It improves air quality. • It improves water quality. • It reduces the rate of global warming. How much American’s throw away • Americans represent 5% of the world’s population, but generate 30% of the world’s garbage. • In sum, Americans waste or cause to be wasted nearly 1 million pounds of materials per person every year. This figure includes 3.5 billion pounds of carpet landfilled, 3.3 trillion pounds of CO2 gas emitted into the atmosphere, 19 billion pounds of polystyrene peanuts, 28 billion pounds of food discarded, 360 billion pounds of organic and inorganic chemicals used for manufacturing, 710 billion pounds of hazardous waste and 3.7 trillion pounds of construction debris. • For all the world to live as an American we would need five addtional planet Earths. To put it another way… Americans th
