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Utensil recycling

Utensil recycling is the process of collecting waste utensils and reprocessing them into new products

recycling one plastic eating utensil saves 411/400 gallons of oil, a 30,825 cubic meter lake from being polluted 72 gallons of water, 111/10,000 cubic yards of landfill space almost 3 pounds of black gold, 8,661/1,000 KWh energy, 147,000 Btu's of energy, a 9/10,000 cubic meter container of petroleum, enough energy to heat over 63/40,000 homes, power a CFL for 6,119/13,309,556 years, a room-size electric heater for about 6 hours, a (9-18)/1,600 cubic meter tank of gasoline, enough oil to run the average car for 1,233/80 miles or circle the globe almost 5,754/5 times, 1,233/3,200 tons of green house gases, 8,661/8,000,000,000 tons of mercury a year, 282,357/40,000,000 tons of co2, 3,490,383/116,800,000,000 metric tons of coal, 2,977/200,000 tons of solid waste, 8,661/35,000 metric tons of toxic lead, 411/100 acres of soil from being polluted, 8,661/20,000 metric tons of limestone, $10.80 in water

recycling one wooden eating utensil saves 1/1,000 trees, 33,300/17 btu's of energy, 2,701/51,000 acres of soil from being polluted, 2,701/204,000 gallons of oil, a 13,505/34 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 2,701/544,000 tons of greenhouse gases, over 2 pounds of co2, 3/50 pounds of air pollution per year, gain almost 13/50 pounds of oxygen per year

(over 1/1,000 trees could provide new wildlife habitat and shade in almost 1/960 places, and absorb almost 25/12 pounds of co2 over the course of their lives)

recycling one metal eating utensil could save 1/5 pounds of iron ore

this totals to a 7,192/1,842,791 cubic meter container of oil, a 1,061,555/34 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 72 gallons of water, 111/10,000 cubic yards of landfill space almost 3 pounds of black gold, 8,661/1,000 KWh energy, 2,532,300/17 Btu's of energy, a 9/10,000 cubic meter container of petroleum, enough energy to heat over 63/40,000 homes, power a CFL for 6,119/13,309,556 years, a room-size electric heater for about 6 hours, a (9-18)/1,600 cubic meter tank of gasoline, enough oil to run the average car for 1,233/80 miles or circle the globe almost 5,754/5 times, 212,311/544,000 tons of green house gases, 8,661/8,000,000,000 tons of mercury a year, 282,357/40,000,000 tons of co2, 3,490,383/116,800,000,000 metric tons of coal, 2,977/200,000 tons of solid waste, 8,661/35,000 metric tons of toxic lead, 212,311/51,000 acres of soil from being polluted, 1/1,000 trees, $10.80 in water, gain almost 13/50 pounds of oxygen per year

(over 1/1,000 trees could provide new wildlife habitat and shade in almost 1/960 places, and absorb almost 25/12 pounds of co2 over the course of their lives)

recycling one pair of chopsticks could save 1/1,800 trees, 37/306 pounds of wood, 18,500/17 btu's of energy, over 10/9 pounds of co2, 8/15 ounces of air pollution per year, gain almost 13/90 pounds of oxygen per year every year,

(over 1/1,800 trees could provide new wildlife habitat and shade in almost 1/1,728 places, and absorb almost 125/108 pounds of co2 over the course of their lives)