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Recycling one glass bottle can save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes, 100 pounds of sand, 110/3 pounds of CO2, 11/8 gallons of oil, 10 pounds of C, 3,987,500/21 btus of energy, 3,625/2,268 pounds of Al

Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60 watt light bulb for 6 hours, 6% kWh of energy

Recycling one ton of plastic bottles can save 3.8 barrels (798/5 gallons) of oil, 24,000,000 BTU's of heat energy, 266/125 tons of CO2, 551/5,940 tons of Al

Recycling one aluminum can/bottle can save 10 pounds of CO2, 362,500/7 btus of energy, 3/8 gallons of oil, 375,000 gallons of water pollution, 5/4 gallons of H2O

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