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Energy Savings from Recycling
Product	Energy Used
Aluminum can	95% less
Food can	74% less
Plastic Bottle	70% less
Paper	64% less

Recycling saves energy as compared to manufacturing new products from virgin material. Reducing and reusing the items you consume is an even better method of diminishing energy demands. Here are some facts about recycling's impact on energy consumption:

Recycling 35 percent of our trash conserves enough landfill space to serve the combined cities of Dallas and Detroit 92 times over, saves enough energy to fuel six million homes annually, generates $5.2 billion in raw materials each year, and reduces global warming emissions equivalent to taking 36 million cars of the road.
In 2003, 54 billion cans were recycled, saving the energy equivalent of 15 million barrels of crude oil — America’s entire gas consumption for one day.