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GroupOne[0] = "Recycling <strong>one aluminum can</strong> saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.";

GroupOne[1] = "Because so many of them are recycled, aluminum cans account for <strong>less than 1%</strong> of the total U.S. waste stream, according to EPA estimates.";

GroupOne[2] = "An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can <strong>500 years from now!</strong>";

GroupOne[3] = "At one time, aluminum was more valuable than gold!";

GroupOne[4] = "Used aluminum beverage cans are the <strong>most recycled item</strong> in the U.S., but other types of aluminum, such as siding, gutters, car components, storm window frames, and lawn furniture can also be recycled.";

GroupOne[5] = "We use over <strong>80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans</strong> every year.";

GroupOne[6] = "A <strong>60-watt light bulb</strong> can be run for over a day on the amount of energy saved by recycling 1 pound of steel. In one year in the United States, the recycling of steel saves enough energy to heat and light <strong>18,000,000 homes!</strong>";

GroupOne[7] = "To produce each week&acute;s Sunday newspapers, <strong>500,000 trees</strong> must be cut down.";

GroupOne[8] = "Recycling <strong>a single run</strong> of the Sunday New York Times would <strong>save 75,000 trees.</strong>";

GroupOne[9] = "If all our newspaper were recycled, we could <strong>save about 250,000,000 trees</strong> each year!";

GroupOne[10] = "The average American uses <strong>seven trees a year</strong> in paper, wood, and other products made from trees. This amounts to about <strong>2,000,000,000 trees per year!</strong>";

GroupOne[11] = "The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years.";

GroupOne[12] = "Approximately <strong>1 billion</strong> trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the U.S.";


var GroupTwo = new Array ();

GroupTwo[0] = "<strong>27%</strong> of the newspapers produced in America are recycled.";

GroupTwo[1] = "Each ton (2000 pounds) of recycled paper can save <strong>17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water.</strong> This represents a 64% energy savings, a 58% water savings, and 60 pounds less of air pollution!";

GroupTwo[2] = "Americans use <strong>2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour!</strong> Most of them are thrown away!";

GroupTwo[3] = "Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean <strong>kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year!</strong>";

GroupTwo[4] = "Recycling plastic saves <strong>twice as much energy</strong> as burning it in an incinerator.";

GroupTwo[5] = "Americans <strong>throw away 25,000,000,000 styrofoam coffee cups</strong> every year.";

GroupTwo[6] = "Every month, we throw out enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a giant skyscraper. All of these jars are recyclable!";

GroupTwo[7] = "A modern glass bottle would take <strong>4000 years or more to decompose</strong> -- and even longer if it&acute;s in the landfill.";

GroupTwo[8] = "More than <strong>20,000,000 Hershey&acute;s Kisses</strong> are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of tinfoil. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it.";

GroupTwo[9] = "You can walk 1 mile along an average highway in the United States and see about 1,457 pieces of litter.";

GroupTwo[10] = "A typical family consumes <strong>182 gallons of pop, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water</strong> a year. That&acute;s a lot of containers -- make sure they&acute;re recycled!";

GroupTwo[11] = "The United States is responsible for <strong>22%</strong> of the world&acute;s greenhouse gas emissions, though we have only <strong>5%</strong> of the world&acute;s population. According to the Pew Center on Climate Change, the operation of buildings accounts for 43% of carbon emissions in the United States. The environmental impact of buildings is even more significant when we take into consideration the greenhouse gas emissions associated with manufacturing building materials and products.";

GroupTwo[12] = "In Illinois, we recycled <strong>35%</strong> of all our solid waste in 1999, up from only 8% recycling in 1986. Current levels of recycling have reduced the need for landfills by one-third.";

GroupTwo[13] = "Every day, enough paper is recycled in the United States to fill a 15-mile long train of boxcars.";


var GroupThree = new Array ();

GroupThree[0] = "Recycling one ton of paper saves the equivalent of <strong>17 trees</strong>, saves enough energy to power an average home for six months, saves <strong>7,000 gallons of water</strong>, and keeps <strong>60 pounds of pollutants</strong> out of the air.";

GroupThree[1] = "Americans throw away enough office and writing paper each year to build a wall twelve-feet high stretching from New York City to Los Angeles.";

GroupThree[2] = "Enough steel cans were recycled in 2000 to build 20 Golden Gate Bridges.";

GroupThree[3] = "Each year, Illinoisans <strong>use and dispose 1.1 billion foam cups</strong>, enough to encircle the Earth 19 times."; 

GroupThree[4] = "Recycling saves enough energy each year to provide heat and light for <strong>400,000 Illinois homes.</strong>";

GroupThree[5] = "About <strong>80%</strong> of what Americans throw away is recyclable, yet our recycling rate is just 28%.";

GroupThree[6] = "In 1988, there were 600 curbside recycling programs in the US. Now there are more than <strong>9,340 programs, over 12,000 drop-off centers, and 480 material recovery facilities</strong> to process collected materials."; 

GroupThree[7] = "During the time it takes you to read this sentence, <strong>50,000</strong> 12-ounce aluminum cans are made.";

GroupThree[8] = "If all our newspaper was recycled, we could save about <strong>250,000,000 trees</strong> each year!";

GroupThree[9] = "The average household <strong>throws away 13,000 separate pieces of paper</strong> each year. Most is packaging and junk mail.";

GroupThree[10] = "Rainforests are being cut down at the rate of <strong>100 acres</strong> per minute!";

GroupThree[11] = "A <strong>single quart of motor oil</strong>, if disposed of improperly, can contaminate up to <strong>2,000,000 gallons of fresh water.</strong>";

GroupThree[12] = "You can walk <strong>1 mile</strong> along an average highway in the United States and see about <strong>1,457 pieces</strong> of litter.";




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