Between April 22 and April 27, we recycled...

1,254,599 lbs of metal!

-1,090,389 lbs of steel

-103,408 lbs of aluminum

-22,381 lbs of batteries

-26,163 lbs of copper

-12,258 lbs of other metals (brass, stainless steel, etc)

74 vehicles

1,317,536 aluminum cans

Here is the impact this had on our planet:

Thank you for helping us celebrate Earth Day and contributing to a better world. By recycling, YOU have a direct impact on making our planet a better place to live.

-1.1 million kwh of energy conserved. Enough to power 103 homes for an entire year

-If the metal had not been recycled during Earth Week, it would have filled 2,698 cubic yards of landfill space

-2,095 metric tons of CO2 was prevented from entering the atmosphere. Equivalent to removing the emissions of 451 cars

-These recycling contributions conserved 1.4 million iron ore, 763 thousand lbs of coal, and 2,068 barrels of oil