Benefits of Recycling Plastic Bottles » Earth 911

Benefits of Recycling Plastic Bottles » Earth 911:

"the plastic bottle recycling rate was only 24.3 percent in 2005.

Still, there is so much more we all can do. But, why should we?
Oil Conservation

Recycling a ton of plastic bottles saves approximately 3.8 barrels of oil"

One of my many big failures is to not push recycling more at the stores. I feel very bad about it. For instance the deli in Allegany!