Source: PIAC
' quotes[1]='In 2005, the amount of paper recovered for recycling averaged 346 pounds for each man, woman and child in the United States.Source: PIAC
' quotes[2]='By 2012, the paper industry hopes to recover 55 percent of all the paper Americans consume.Source: PIAC
' quotes[3]='In 2005, 78% of paper and paperboard mills used some recovered paper and 149 mills used only recovered paper.Source: PIAC
' quotes[4]='LED lights consume roughly 10% of the power consumed by incandescent lamps.Source: NREL
' quotes[5]='In 2002, the same amount of paper was recovered as in 1990 PLUS enough paper to fill 220 football stadiums stacked to a height of 100 feet.Source: PIAC
' quotes[6]='Newspapers are recycled into other products such as cereal boxes, egg cartons, pencil barrels, grocery bags, tissue paper, cellulose insulation materials, and many more diverse products.Source: PIAC
' quotes[7]='Every ton of paper that is recovered saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.Source: PIAC
' quotes[8]='86 percent (254 million) of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs.Source: PIAC
' quotes[9]='Recycling paper diverts it from landfills and incinerators and helps to reduce greenhouse gases, such as methane emissions from landfills.Source: The AF&PA
' quotes[10]='Recovered paper supplies more than 37 percent of the raw material used to make new paper products.Source: The AF&PA
' quotes[11]='A typical business generates about 1.7 pounds of material per employee per day, much of it recyclable, high-grade paper.Source: The AF&PA
' quotes[12]='Today, aluminum can recycling saves about 11.5 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) - enough electricity to light a city the size of Pittsburgh for six years.Source: EIA.gov
' quotes[13]='By early 2004, about half the traffic lights in California had been replaced with the LED type. The resulting energy saving - approximately 60 megawatts - is enough to power nearly 60,000 homes.Source: NREL.gov
' quotes[14]='Using recycled aluminum scrap to make new aluminum cans uses 96 percent less energy than making aluminum cans from bauxite ore, the raw material used to make aluminum.Source: EIA.gov
' quotes[15]='Using recycled glass uses 30 percent less energy than making products from all new materials.Source: EIA.gov
' quotes[16]='The average family in the United States uses 90 pounds of steel cans a year. Recycling that steel would save: 144 KWh of electricity, 63 lbs of coal, 112 lbs of iron, and 5.4 lbs of limestone.Source: EIA.gov
' quotes[17]='Of all discarded products in an average office, about 62 percent is recyclable paper, 9 percent is corrugated packaging, and 29 percent are other materials.Source: The AF&PA
' quotes[18]='In the average home, 75% of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off. This can be avoided by unplugging the appliance or using a power strip and using the switch on the power strip to cut all power to the appliance.Source: U.S. DOE
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