Transcript Recycle Mania @ CSU Submitted by Jennifer Holtzmann Resident Assistant Colorado State University

Recycle Mania @ CSU
Submitted by Jennifer Holtzmann
Resident Assistant
Colorado State University
I created this bulletin board to promote Recycle Mania in my hall
(we were in the lead among the other halls on campus). Some of
the information pertains specifically to CSU. It is useful for
promoting recycling and waste minimization.
Recycle Mania @ CSU
Recycle Mania is a ten-week event, from
Jan. 27th through April 5th.
 The main goal is to increase student
awareness of campus recycling and waste
minimization.
 Currently, CSU is in first place for Grand
Champion nationwide (CU is 28th).
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 Let’s
keep up the good work!
Recycling Facts: Metals
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350,000 aluminum cans are produced every
minute!
More aluminum goes into beverage cans than
any other product.
Once an aluminum can is recycled, it can be
part of a new can within six weeks.
An aluminum can that is thrown away will
still be a can 500 years from now!
Recycling Facts: Glass
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Every month, we throw out enough glass bottles
and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper.
The energy saved from recycling one glass
bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four
hours. It also causes 20% less air pollution and
50% less water pollution than when a new
bottle is made from raw materials.
A modern glass bottle would take 4000 years or
more to decompose -- and even longer if it's in
the landfill.
Recycling Facts: Paper
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Recycling a single run of the Sunday New
York Times would save 75,000 trees.
If all our newspaper was recycled, we could
save about 250,000,000 trees each year!
When you smell a dump, what you're
actually smelling is the paper in the dump!
Recycling Facts: Plastic
Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles
every hour!
 Plastic bags and other plastic garbage
thrown into the ocean kill as many as
1,000,000 sea creatures every year!
 Every year we make enough plastic film
to shrink-wrap Texas.
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What Can I Recycle?
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Cardboard
Beverage Containers
Plastic
 With
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a 1 or 2 on it
Aluminum or Steel
Paper
 Newspaper,
bulk mail,
magazines, among
others
How Can I Recycle?
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Set up a recycling bin in your
room.
 The tan bin CSU provides in
your room works perfectly!
 Separate paper, plastic and
aluminum, and cardboard
when you take out your
recycling.
 It only takes a few minutes
more than it would to simply
throw everything in the
dumpster
How Can I Recycle?
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Reduce the amount you buy or use.
 Use a hand towel to clean messes, rather
than a paper towel.
Reuse the things you can.
 Save and reuse plastic grocery bags instead
of throwing them away.
You Can Help Reduce This: