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Without plastics, 400 % more material by weight and 200% more material by volume would be needed to make packaging, while the volume of packaging would more than double.
- For every seven trucks needed to deliver paper grocery bags to the store - only one truck is needed to carry the same number of plastic grocery bags!
- Plastic lumber, made with recycled plastic, holds nails and screws better than wood, is virtually maintenance free and lasts for 50 years!
- Foam polystyrene containers take 30% less total energy to make than paperboard containers.
- The number of plastics recycling businesses has nearly tripled over the past several years, with more than 1,650 businesses handling and reclaiming post-consumer plastics.
- The number of plastics recycling businesses has nearly tripled over the past several years, with more than 1,700 businesses handling and reclaiming post-consumer plastics.
- By using plastic in packaging, American product manufacturers save enough energy each year to power a city of one million homes for three and a half years.
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