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GREENSCAPE GARDENS ENVIRONMENTAL TIPS!

Recycle glass bottles and jars. Each year we throw away 28 billion glass bottles and jars--enough to fill the Empire State Building weekly.

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Have your oil change only by mechanics who recycle oil. Americans use approximately one billion gallons of motor oil each year and 350 million gallons of that oil ends up in the environment.

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Start your own compost pile. Each year we throw away 24 million tons of leaves and grass.

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Carpool to work If each commuter car carried just one additional person, we would save 600,000 gallons of gasoline daily and prevent 12 million pounds of carbon dioxide from polluting the atmosphere.