Saving the environment, one school at a time

5 million tons (more than ½ of the plastics thrown away in the U.S. each year) of packaging is thrown away each year in the
U.S. Each person uses 190 pounds of plastic every year (1/3 of this is packaging). If 105 of Americans bought products with less packaging, the country could eliminate 144 million lbs of plastic landfill. That is why this is a key thing to recycle. It is something we are considering putting in our project.