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City of Laredo
Public
Service Announcement Campaign: “Let’s Talk Trash!”
For the week of October
11, 2004
Trash Tip of the Week:
This is a simple formula to calculate the volume of resources saved
by recycling:
_____
Tons of 17
trees = _____ Trees
saved
paper
recycled
per
ton
v Recycling one ton of paper saves:
˙ 7,000 gallons of water
˙ 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space
˙ 17 trees (paper pulp equivalent)
˙ 4,100 kilowatt-hours of electricity;
that’s enough to power an average-size home for 6 months!
v Recycling one aluminum can saves enough
electricity to power a 100-watt light bulb for 3 hours or your television for
3 hours.
v Recycling one pound of aluminum cans
saves 7.5 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Recycle Laredo! Use your blue
bags for paper, plastic, aluminum and tin. Recycling is picked up
on Thursdays and Fridays.
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Cuidad
de Laredo
Anuncio publico para la
campana: “Hablemos de basura!”
Para la semana de
octubre 11, 2004
Aviso semanal:
Esta
es una simple formula para calcular la cantidad de materials reciclados y
demostrar la conservacion de la energia y otros ahorros ambientales del
resultado de reciclar.
_____
Toneladas
17
Arboles = _____
Arboles salvados
de
papel reciclado
por
tonelada
v Reciclar una tonelada
de papel ahorra:
˙ 7,000 galones de agua
˙ 3.3 yardas cubicas de
espacio en el basurero (Relleno sanitario)
˙ 17 arboles (el
equivalente en papel)
˙ 4,100 kilowatts-hora de
electricidad (lo suficiente para dar energia a una casa promedio por seis
meses) (EPA)
v Reciclar una lata de
aluminio ahorra energia suficiente para encender un
foco de 100 watts
3 horas o tu television por 3 horas.
v Reciclar una libra de
latas de aluminio ahorra 7.5 kilowatts-hora de electricidad.
Recycle Laredo! Use your blue
bags for paper, plastic, aluminum and tin. Recycling is picked up on
Thursdays and Fridays.
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