When you leave your car running in idle excessively, did you know:

Over 10 seconds of idling uses more fuel than restarting the engine. An idling vehicle emits 20 times more pollution than one traveling 32 miles per hour.

Source: Office of Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources Canada


When you drink water in a plastic bottle, did you know:

Water bottles are made from polyethylene terephthalate, which is derived from crude oil. Americans demand for bottled water uses 1. 5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel 100,000 U.S. cars for an entire year. Invest in reusable aluminum or stainless-steel bottles.

86 percent of plastic water bottles in the United States become trash and it takes 1000 years to degrade!

Source: planetgreen.discovery.com

When you use plastic bags, did you know:

According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. goes through 100 billion plastic shopping bags annually. It takes 430,000 gallons of oil to produce 100 million non-degradable plastic bags. Click here to receive your free recyclable shopping tote.

Plastics do NOT biodegrade. Rather, they photodegrade. This is a process where sunlight breaks down plastic into smaller and smaller pieces.

Source: www.reusablebags.com/facts

In San Antonio plastic bags can not be recycled in our recycle bins during weekly curbside service. HEB has recycling bins where you can drop-off ALL your plastic bags from any store. 
 

Did you know:

Recycling an aluminum can takes 96% less energy than creating a new one. According to the EPA, 75% of Americans' trash can be recycled, but only 25% actually is.

2 billion disposable razors end up in US landfills every year. Go to www.recycline.com to get 100% recyclable disposable razors.

Over a billion incandescent light bulbs are purchased each year and they can not be recycled!

Did you know you can make a difference? RECYCLE RECYCLE RECYCLE