UK recycling facts   In the UK we throw away 13 billion steel cans every year, stacked on top of each other, you could make 3 piles of cans that would reach to the moon! (source: www.scrib.org.uk) The energy saved from recycling 1 glass bottle is enough a power a light bulb for four hours Disposable nappies take 500 years to decompose Producing steel from recycled material saves 75% of the energy needed if steel were made from virgin material If every Briton purchased one item made from recycled wool a year it would save 371 million gallons of water, 480 tonnes of chemical dyes and 4571 million days of an average family’s electricity needs (source: UK Gov) Every tonne of paper recycled saves 17 trees