Did You Know?

The U.S. recycles approximately 32 percent of its waste which saves an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases to removing 39,618 cars from the road.
Increasing the recycling rate to 35 percent would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an additional 5.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Net carbon emissions are four to five times lower when materials are produced from recycled steel, copper, glass, and paper. They are 40 times lower for aluminum.
Just one person recycling their newspaper, magazines, plastic, glass, and metal for one year is enough to save 471 pounds of carbon dioxide from going into the atmosphere. If all 23,000 St. John’s students, faculty, and staff recycled this amount for a year this would be equivalent to taking 893 cars off the road.