• Saves approximately 17 trees
• Creates 5 more jobs
• Saves 4200 kwh energy (enough to power the average home for six months)
• Saves 7000 gallons of water
• Keeps almost 60 lbs of air pollution effluents out of the air

Recycling one Aluminum can opposed to producing a new one:

• Reduces energy use by 90%-97%
• Reduces air pollution by 95%
• Reduces water pollution by 97%

Recycling one Glass container opposed to producing a new one:

• Reduces energy use by 4%-32%
• Reduces air pollution by 20%
• Reduces water usage by 50%

Between the 18th of February, 1992 and the 31st of December, 1995, Brandeis recycled:

• 93,850 pounds of Steel and Aluminum Cans
• 10,100 pounds of Polystyrene (PS, plastic #6)
• 41,365 pounds of Glass
• 21,040 pounds of High Density PolyEthylene (HDPE, plastic #2)
• and an additional 10,060 pounds of commingled (glass, aluminum, plastics #1-6)