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Two mature trees can produce enough oxygen for a family of four for an entire year (Environment <br />Canada) <br />Recycling aluminum can save about 95% of the energy needed to make aluminum from raw materials <br />(Recycling Association of MN) <br />The energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four (4) hours <br />(Recycling Association of MN) <br />Recycling one ton (2000 lbs.) of paper saves 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill <br />space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water. This represents a 64% energy savings, a 58% <br />water savings, and 60 pounds less of air pollution! (Recycling Association of MN) <br />Five (5) PET bottles (# 1 plastic soda bottles) yield enough fiber to make one extra -large T-shirt, one <br />square foot of carpet or enough fiber to fill one ski jacket. (Recycling Association of MN) <br />The Red Pine (aka Norway Pine) is the state tree. <br />