Recycling

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Across
  1. 3. ________ is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly
  2. 4. Recycling a glass bottle causes 20% less air _________, 50% less water ___________ and cuts waste by 80%
  3. 6. Out of every $10 that is spent buying things, $1 (10%) goes on _________ that is thrown away
  4. 9. Recycling reduces emissions and consumption of raw _________, extends the life of plant equipment such as furnaces and saves energy
  5. 11. New _________ costs 84c per pound, recycled pellets cost 60c per pound
  6. 12. Every tree that is not cut down to make paper absorbs ___________, when paper is thrown away and incinerated, it creates _________
  7. 15. Creating an aluminium can out of recycled materials requires only 5% as much _______ as creating a brand new can out of bauxite ore
  8. 16. If all of our ___________ was recycled, we could save about 250 billion trees
Down
  1. 1. On average, it costs $30 per ton to recycle rubbish, $50 to sent it to the __________ and $70 to incinerate it
  2. 2. Recycling one __________ can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours
  3. 5. Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an _________
  4. 7. 29 ________ plastic water bottles are used in the United States every year
  5. 8. A used aluminium can is recycled and back on the _________ shelf in as little as 60 days
  6. 10. Recycling one pound of steel saves enough energy to run a 60-watt ________ for over a day
  7. 13. Only about one third of all glass jars and bottles are recycled _________ in the United States
  8. 14. Recycling a ton of paper can save 17 ________