Plastic can take up to 400 years to break down in a landfill. An elephant's trunk can hold 2.5 gallons of water. The energy saved by recycling 1 bottle will power of a computer for25 minutes .
Each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubicyards of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy and 7000 gallons of water.
A small drip from a faucet can waste up to 50 gallons of water daily, which isenough water to run a dishwasher twice.
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