Additional Facts on Recycling

Did you know... by participating in the Paper Retriever Program for each ton we collect we also help…

· Save 17 trees, which took 14 years to grow!

· Save 2 barrels of oil.

· Save 4,100 kw hours of electricity.

· Save 3.3 cubic yards of landfill.

· Save 50% less water, or 7,000 gallons.

· Save 35% less water pollution.

· Save 74% less air pollution.

· Help create 5 times more jobs than one ton of paper products made from virgin wood pulp.

Fact - Every day, Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million of them.

Fact - Abitibi Recycling and its Paper Retriever “partners” collect enough newspapers each year to completely cover 12,336 football field in paper one inch deep.

Fact - The average person in the United States generates four pounds of garbage each day, or 1,460 pounds per year.

Fact - Each year, people in the U.S. throw away enough office and writing paper to build a 12-foot high wall from New York City to Los Angeles. Most of this paper ends up as litter.

Look for the colorful Paper Retriever® Bin in the parking lot and make a waste-paper contribution. It costs nothing, but the reward to the Sisters and the School, and the environment is priceless.