More from my Living Green 365 newsletter. Haven't posted anything Green in a while and there's a lot of good stuff in the new newsletter so there will be more to come:
Simple actions make a big impact
• Recycling is easy and lots of people do it, yet I often get asked, "Does recycling matter? Does it make a difference?" The answer is "yes."
• At 43.2%, Minnesota has the second highest recycling rate in the nation behind only Oregon.
• In 2003 recycling resulted in a net reduction of greenhouse gases of 1.5 million tons, this is equal to taking over 1 million cars off the road.
• Minnesotans saved nearly $1.5 million in energy costs just by recycling their plastic in 2006.
• The recycling industry in Minnesota employs approximately 20,000 Minnesotans.
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