FCSE 3120 Chapter Notes - Chapter 33: Toughened Glass, Wax Paper, Alkaline Battery
24 Oct 2018
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Recycling glass: every month, we throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper. These jars are recyclable: the energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four hours or a compact fluorescent bulb for 20 hours. It also causes 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution than when a new bottle is made from raw materials. This represents a 64% energy savings, a 58% water savings, and 60 pounds less of air pollution! Litter in america: litter cleanup costs the u. s. almost . 5 billion each year, with businesses paying . 1 billion. Governments and other organizations pick up the remainder: community economy and quality of life suffer. The presence of litter in a community takes a toll on quality of life, property values, and housing prices. Litter in a community decreases property values 7%: litter has environmental consequences.
