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Recycling Facts -
Cardboard
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•Recycling
1 ton of cardboard saves, 390 kWh of energy, 1.1 barrels (46
gallons) of oil, and 6.6 million Btu’s of energy.
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•Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves 9 cubic yards of
landfill space.
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•Recycling cardboard save 24% of the total energy
needed for virgin cardboard.
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•Recycling corrugated cardboard cuts the emission of
sulfur dioxide in half and uses about 25% less energy than
cardboard made from virgin pulp.
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