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Recycling - Economics of Recycling

• Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees.
• Every ton of recycled paper saves 3 cubic yards of landfill space.
• Producing paper from recycled paper requires 7,000 fewer gallons of water than required for producing virgin paper.
• Producing paper from recycled paper produces 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution than producing virgin paper.
• Manufacturing from scrap aluminum saves roughly 95% in energy costs.
• In the 1980's, about 272 billion aluminum cans were collected for recycling. That translates into saving 2 billion feet of landfill space.
• Recycling generates jobs and revenues and also reduces taxes and landfill fees at the same time.
  *SOURCE: http://www.millerrecycling.com/html/recycling_facts.html

By recycling as a part of the University of Northern Colorado campus community, you are not only contributing to the economic savings of the campus (and therefore yourself), but also to the welfare of the planet!

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