Did you know…

• Recycling bottles, cans paper, magazines, and catalogs save natural resources and energy.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost 4 hours or to run your television for 3 hours.
• Making glass from recycled glass uses 32% less energy than making glass from raw materials.
• It takes as little as 30 days for glass sent to a recycling facility to end up back on store shelves.
• Junk mail represents 5 percent of garbage sent to landfills.
• If all morning newspapers read around the country were recycled, more than 41,000 trees would be saved daily.
• When paper is made from used paper instead of timber, it uses half the energy and produces 75% less air pollution.
• The plastic from 5 soda bottles can completely insulate a ski jacket.
• Americans represent only five percent of the world's population, but generate 30 percent of the world's garbage.
• If not recycled, one quart of used motor oil can pollute 250,000 gallons of drinking water.
• Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild our entire commercial fleet of airplanes every 3 months.
• The energy saved each year by steel recycling is equal to the electrical power used by 18 million homes each year - or enough energy to last Los Angeles residents eight years.

When you buy recycled products, you close the recycling loop, and that’s what makes recycling work.

Escambia County increased the tonnage of recycled materials delivered to drop-off facilities by 25 percent from 2006 to 2007. By changing a few simple habits, we can all learn to Live Green!!

Below are just a few links that can assist you in recycling and living green.

Escambia County - Information and resources

Earth 911 - Recycling and product stewardship information

Our Earth - Nationwide news and information on environmental issues, including recycling

State of Florida - Information and resources

Stop Unwanted Cards - Remove your name from the lists of major credit card companies

The Green Guide - Tips for living green, product reviews, shopping guides

1) Baars Softball Field
2) Ever’man Natural Foods
3) Escambia County Extension Service
4) Escambia County Equestrian Center
5) Ferry Pass Fire Station
6) John R. Jones Athletic Park
7) Myrtle Grove Fire Department
8) Ninth Avenue Fire Station
9) Oak Grove Citizen’s Convenience Center
10) Perdido Landfill
11) Pleasant Grove Fire Department
12) Summit Blvd. Fire Station
13) University of West Florida @ water tower
14) Parking lot behind Big Lagoon
15) Sheriff Station
16) Pensacola Beach Fire Department
17) Fort Pickens Campground