Top 10 facts about Industrial Recycling

Industrial recycling has become a great industry today and it comes with many good benefits. It is good for the environment and for saving the planet. Many industrial companies started to recognize this concept and started recycling because it is also good for them. The main motto – to recycle, reduce and reuse, is now an integral part of the philosophy of any company that is concerned for the environment and wants to contribute towards better world.

When you are looking and the industrial recycling as a part of the big picture, it may look like one company that contributes in a positive way does not make such a difference. However, that is not true because commercial and industrial companies are very different. Industrial companies use a lot more materials on daily basis. Different companies recycle in different ways. For example, construction businesses are using materials that are recycled for building houses and buildings without using natural resources.

Recycling today makes a lot of sense. This is because it completely removes the waste and then turns it right back to numerous useful products. Recycling also reduces the large amounts of waste that goes to landfills and it saves money.

The following are the top ten facts about industrial recycling.

1. Industrial waste contributes towards half of the total waste that the planet generates every year. Almost 50% of the entire industrial waste ends up spilled on landfills every year.
2. The electronic waste also known as e-scrap is currently the fastest growing type of industrial waste in the United States.
3. Recycling aluminum requires 96% less energy in comparison to making aluminum from completely raw materials. Also, recycling one can of aluminum saves enough energy for one bulb of 100-watts to burn for four straight hours.
4. Each year Americans throw away almost five million tons of office paper.
5. Every person in the USA is using almost seven hundred pounds of paper per year. The amount of office paper that is thrown away every year is enough for building four-meter high wall from New York to Los Angeles.
6. Steel is the most recycled material in US and the amount that is thrown away each year is enough for constant supply of all automakers in USA.
7. Steel cans are often called tin cans, but less than 0.10% is tin that is recycled.
8. Americans are throwing away over 25 million recyclable plastic bottles every hour.
9. Glass can be easily recycled over and over again without losing any of its purity of quality, because glass is 100% recyclable material. Glass never corrodes or deteriorates. It can be recycled and reused for making insulation, fiberglass, flooring and tiles, as well as for decorative purposes.
10. Recycled newspapers can save up to 60% of the energy that is needed for brand new newsprint. Over ten million tons of newsprint is being thrown each year only in the US. Amazing fact is that almost eighty thousand trees are needed for production of paper for the weekend edition of New York Times.