Every week more than 500,000 trees are used to produce the two-thirds of paper that are never recycled.

American consumers and industry throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial airfleet every three months

We throw away enough iron and steel to continuously supply all the nation's automakers.

We throw away enough glass bottles and jars to fill the 1,350-foot twin towers of New York's World Trade Center every two weeks.

We throw away enough office and writing paper annually to build a wall twelve feet high stretching from Los Angeles to New York.

Every year we dispose of 24 million tons of leaves and grass clippings, which could be composted to conserve landfill space.