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-The
amount of petroleum saved by using post consumer bottles instead of
virgin materials in the manufacturing process annually is enough to
supply power to a city the size of Atlanta for an entire year!
-Two
million plastic bottles are used in the US every 10 minutes and 51
billion plastic bottles are sent to landfills annually.
-It
will take 700 years before plastic bottles in landfills start to
decompose.
-Less
than 30% of plastic bottles in the U.S. are actually recycled.
-One
square yard of recycled polyester fabric contains approximately 5
clear 2L soda bottles
-For
every garment we make using recycled polyester, approximately 10
recycled plastic bottles will have been diverted from the landfill.
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