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Facts about Food
More than 30 percent of a typical households' garbage is made up of food scraps and food-soiled paper.

Seattle residents threw more than 50,000 tons of food and food-soiled paper into the landfill in 2002.

By 2006, Seattle residents helped make 12,000 tons of compost by placing leftover food scraps in their yard and food waste carts.

Seattle's food scraps goes to Cedar Grove Compost facilities where they are made into compost for local gardens and parks.
Seattle Public Utilities

Did You Know?
Plastic bottles made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) can be recycled into many products, including beverage bottles, plastic strapping, fleece jackets, sleeping bags, and carpets.
- World Watch Institute, Good Stuff?

A recycled aluminum can saves enough energy to power a television or computer for 3 hours or a 100-watt light bulb for 20 hours.
- California Integrated Waste Management Board

Paper recycled in Washington is tranformed into useful everyday products like paper tissue, paper towels, copy paper, insulation, boxes and newspaper.
- Washington State Recycling Associaton, Hot Topics

Producing recycled paper causes 74% less air pollution, 35% less water pollution, and creates five times the number of jobs than producing virgin paper.
- Center for a New American Dream, May 2001

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