Manufacturing one ton of office and computer paper with recycled paper stock can save between 3,000 and 4,000 kilowatt hours over the same ton of paper made with virgin wood products. (EPA)- The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle will operate a 100-watt light bulb for four hours. (EPA)
- Recycling one aluminum beverage saves enough energy to run a 14 watt CFL bulb (60 watt incandescent equivalent) for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, or a TV for 2 hours. (EPA)
- Recycling a single aluminum can save enough energy to power a TV for three hours. (Pepsi)
- Recycle any can and save enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for four hours. (Pepsi)
- According to the Steel Recycling Institute, steel recycling in the United States saves the energy equivalent to electrical power for about one-fifth of American households for one year. (EPA)
- Recycling aluminum cans in the United States in 1996 saved enough energy to power a city the size of Philadelphia for one year. From World Watch Institute, December 1998
- The energy saved from recycling one wine bottle will operate a 100-watt light bulb for three hours. (Calculation, courtesy of Robert Kirby, manager for R & D, Sandhill Industries, June 2003)
- If you recycled all the aluminum cans the average person consumed in their lifetime it could power a TV for 130,000 hours or in other words 14 years. (Unknown)
