Why Recycle

• Reduce waste going to landfill and help our environment.
• Reduce your schools carbon footprint
• The average person generates 1 tonne of waste paper per year. Did you know that 1 tone = the weight of an average car
• Producing recycled paper uses on average 50% less energy than making new paper
• For every tonne of paper we recycle we save
  1. 15 trees
  2. 7000 gallons of water, which is the same as 56,000 bottles of Coca Cola
  3. 4200 KWH of electricity, which would power your home for 6 months.
• Recycled newspaper can be made into
  1. New Newspaper
     
  2. Office & Household Paper
  3. Home Insulation Products
  4. Animal Bedding for Horses, Cows and Dogs