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MDS participates in a recycling program. We use a local service called TRI- Recycling to pick up our used paper, aluminum, glass, and plastic once a month. In one month alone, MDS Advertising recycles:
380 lbs. of paper
95 lbs. of aluminum
35 lbs. of plastic
285 lbs. of glass
180 lbs. of cardboard
This makes our monthly total of recycled material 975 lbs. We save the equivalent of:
5 trees
488 Kwh of electricity
2,925 gallons of water
2 cubic yards of landfill space
Why is recycling important?
Approximately 75% of the trash
  Americans throw away each day
  could be recycled, yet only 25%
  actually is.
If every Sunday newspaper were
  recycled, we could save nearly
  500,000 trees.
Aluminum cans have no limit to
  the number of times they can
  be recycled.
Americans use over 80 billion
  aluminum soda cans every year.
  Recycling just one of these
  cans saves enough energy to
  run a television for three
  hours.
Each ton of recycled paper can
  save 17 trees, 380 gallons
  of oil, 4,000 kilowatts of
  energy and 7,000 gallons
  of water.
Recycling plastic saves twice as
  much energy as burning it in
  an incinerator.
How does it work?
Recyclable products are taken to the factory and broken down into raw materials. Paper is mixed with water to create what is called “slurry”, metal is melted down by heat and plastic is ground and cleaned. These raw materials are then transported to manufacturers to create new products.
What can you do?
If you live in the Austin area, visit TRI- Recycling’s website at www.trirecycling.com. to sign up for their program today. If you live outside the Austin area, contact your local recycling provider and see how easy it is to do your part in this global effort.
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