TRASH TALK

1. •The average person in the US generates 4 pounds of garbage each day or 1,460 pounds per year. 
   

2. •Each year, people in the US throw away enough office & writing paper to build a 12-foot  high wall from New York city to Los Angeles. Most of this paper ends up as litter.
   

3. •One ton of recycled paper saves 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space, 4100 kw hours of electricity (enough to heat a home for 6 months or run a television for 41 hours)
   

4. •De-inked paper fiber is the most efficient source of fiber for the manufacturing of new paper products; one ton of de-inked pulp saves over 7000 gallons of water, 390 gallons of oil, and reduces air emissions by 60 lbs compared to traditional virgin fiber processes.
   

5. •Enough paper is collected for recycling each year to make a box-car train 7,600 miles long.
   

6. •Everyday Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million.
   

7. •One ton of recycled paper uses: 64% less energy, 50% less water, 74% less air pollution and creates 5 times more jobs than one ton of paper products from virgin wood pulp.
   

8. •Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling Division and its Abitibi Paper Retriever®  partners collect enough newspapers each year to completely cover 12,336 football fields in paper one inch deep.
   

 All proceeds will benefit the office ministry.

WE NEED ALL YOUR:
  - NEWSPAPERS
  - MAGAZINES
  - CATALOGS
  - OFFICE & SCHOOL PAPERS
  - MAIL

RECYCLING IS GOOD STEWARDSHIP!
LOOK FOR THE CONTAINER IN THE VCC PARKING LOT!