The average person generates 4.5 pounds of trash every day – about 1.5 tons of solid waste per year. Although the EPA estimates that 75% of solid waste is recyclable, only about 30 percent is actually recycled.

Recycling is the most common method of plastic waste pollution prevention, yet less than 1% of all plastic products are recycled in the U.S. Americans throw away 25,000,000 (yep…that’s 25 MILLION) plastic beverage bottles every hour!

By some accounts, the energy saved by recycling one aluminum can equals the amount of energy it takes to run a TV set for four hours. This is the energy equivalent of 0.5 gallon (1.9 liters) of gasoline.

It takes nearly 9,000 pounds (4,086 kilograms) of bauxite (aluminum ore) and 1,020 pounds (463 kilograms) of petroleum coke (fuel) to manufacture one ton of aluminum. Using recycled aluminum to produce aluminum reduces raw material requirements by 95 percent and energy requirements by 90 percent.

During the time it takes you to read this sentence, 50,000 more 12-ounce aluminum cans are made from scratch. Let’s recycle them.

Each ton (2000 pounds) of recycled paper can save:

* 3.5 cubic yards of landfill
* 17 thirty foot (pulp) trees
* 7,000 gallons of water
* 380 gallons of oil
* 4100 kwh of energy

And, at the same time eliminate 60 pounds of air pollutants

Garden City Recycling LLC is a curbside recycling service founded in 2010.  Our mission is to provide a simple and inexpensive curbside recycling service to the residents of Missoula and the surrounding areas.  We believe that living sustainably is essential to keeping Missoula as unique and beautiful a place to live as it is, and view recycling as a simple and effective step towards achieving that goal.  As a small local business, we appreciate Missoula and look forward to working with you to “Keep Missoula green!”.

Please take a few moments to look through our website.  Our list of recyclables includes all materials currently recycled in Missoula.  Our customers are primarily residential, but we have a steadily increasing number of commercial clients as well.  If you are interested in our service, please call or email anytime and let us know you want to improve your community by recycling!

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