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Recycle a Bottle

In 2007 we spent $16 billion on bottled water. That’s more than we spent on iPods or movie tickets.
In 2006, Americans drank about 167 bottles of water each but only recycled an average of 23 percent. That leaves 38 billion water bottles in landfills.
Bottled water costs between $1 and $4 per gallon, and 90 percent of the cost is in the bottle, lid and label.
Plastic bottles take 700 years before they begin to decompose in a landfill.
In one major city, if people gave up water bottles for one week, they would save 24 million bottles from being landfilled. One month on the same plan would save 112 million bottles, and one year would save 1.328 billion bottles from going into the landfill.
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“Every two weeks I recycle any and all items that can be recycled including bottles. I send them off with the 'blue trash can'.”
“we had my brothers grad party on Saturday, not a single bottle was thrown away”
“We recycled all our plastic, paper, glass and cans today too!”
“I recycle bottles at home and we do it at work as well. Fill empty bottles with water and freeze them, they're great for the cooler.”
“I reused empty water bottles -- filled them again w/tap water and freezing them to use the ice to fill coolers on summer outings.”
“I save plastic water bottles for weeks on end. I have a reusable water bottle I keep at work, in my room and in my car. ”
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