Recyclables in Pictures

  Just an interesting eye opening perspective on how many recyclables we use in the United States everyday.

Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.

 

 

Depicts 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour.

 

Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.

 

Depicts 30,000 reams of office paper, or 15 million sheets, equal to the amount of office paper used in the US every five minutes.

 

Depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day.