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Don’t txash
Whenever you buy overpackaged or
disposable products, you are essentially
buying trash. You can prevent a lot of
By not using unnecessary products or
packaging, we don’t just avoid having to
send it to landfills or incinerators.
We also avoid having to expend the ener
gy, consume the natural resources and
create the pollution that comes from
rechnoS manufacturing it in the first place! 0
You Can Have An Impact On Society- -
litter-ally!
Randomly discarded trash,
even the smallest of items,
endangers our environment,
our wildlife and our economy.
It pollutes our territory, decreases our
property values and wastes our tax dollars
Litter can be a serious problem unless
everyone works together to prevent it.
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Cover trash receptacles tightly,
Always clean up after an outdoor activity.
Carry a litter bag m your vehicle —and use it!
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Teach your children to dispose of trash properly. Wj^i "'
Never throw anything from your vehicle windows?. * "C. ‘‘T-• ; 4
Always dispose of trash in a proper receptacle,
Secure your load if you carry loose materials in a tfuck.
Call the Pennsylvania Litterbug Hotline for more information. 888-LITTERBUG
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recycling
that not just by recycling but by
reducing your purchases of disposable
and overpackaged items and reusing
more of what you already have.
You can help the environment both
“downstream,” when products are
disposed of, and “upstream,” when
they are manufactured.
can use!
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A ton of paper matte ft#a 10^ ft
recyded paper saves thcequivalent
of:
❖ 4,100 kwh energy "
❖ 7,000 gallons of water
❖ 60 pounds of air emissions
❖ 3 cubic yards of landfill space
❖ The iron and steel (tin cans)
Americans throw away every day
could continuously supply all our
nation's auto makers.
$lO billion was spent in the US to
dispose of trash in 1990.
* Americans throw away enough
aluminum cans every 3 months to
rebuild the entire US commercial
air fleet.
5 million homes could be heated
for 200 years with the wood and
paper thrown away in the US
each year.
❖ Packaging accounts for almost
half of the municipal solid waste
disposed in the US today.
❖ Recycling 1 glass bottle saves
enough energy to light a 100-watt
bulb for 4 hours.
❖ Reusing 1 ton of paper will save
enough energy to heat:
...an average home for 6 months
...7,000 gallons of water
...380 gallons of oil
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