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UK Recycling – Some Interesting Statistics and How To Recycle Printer Cartridges

By: Hanif Bhatti on October 13th, 2010

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Here are some interesting facts about recycling in the UK:

Current UK recycling is estimated to save more than 18 million tonnes of CO2 a year.[1]

£36,000,000 worth of aluminium is thrown away each year. [1]

Incinerating 10,000 tonnes of waste creates one job. Land-filling the same amount creates six jobs but recycling it creates 36! [1]
Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled [1]

On average 16% of the money you spend on a product pays for the packaging which ultimately ends up as rubbish. [1]

The average dustbin contains enough unreleased energy to power a television for 5000 HOURS. [1]
70% LESS ENERGY is required to make recycled paper compared with making it from raw materials. [1]

Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year. [1]

150 THOUSAND Double-Decker buses worth of electrical and electronic waste is thrown away in the UK each year. [1]

15 MILLION Mobile phones are upgraded in the UK each year, laid from end-to-end they would reach from John O’Groats to Lands End! [1]

Over 55 million printer cartridges go into UK landfills each year [2] according to the UK Cartridge Remanufacture Association. That means if everyone in the UK recycle printer cartridges and get paid an average of 50p, consumers could claim a share of around £27.5 million through recycling their inkjet and toner cartridges.

Sources:

[1] http://www.emergemanchester.co.uk/

[2] http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk/printer-cartridges.html

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