R S T U D E N T R E P R E S E N TAT I V E C O U N C I L
- 2020
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FAST FACTS
Australians throw away 3.5 million tonnes of plastic each year, but
currently, only about 9.4 percent
makes its way to a recycling facility. Recycling one plastic bottle can
power a computer for 25 minutes and a light bulb for 6 hours.
Aluminium can be recycled using
only 5% of the energy used to make the product from new.
Aluminium can be recycled, filled
and back on a grocery store shelf as
a brand new product in just 60 days.
A glass bottle takes one million years to decompose if not recycled.
An aluminium can that is discarded will still be there 500 years from now.
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