Approximately 88% of the energy taken to produce plastic is saved by using recycled plastic materials instead of using oil and gas to start from scratch.

Plastic containers accepted by an Envirobank are recycled into plastic lumber for picnic tables, park benches, carpet fibre, clothing, paint brushes, and car parts.

PET plastic recycled in Envirobanks is used to make a product called ‘eco-fleece’, used to stuff pillows, doonas, ski-suits and sleeping bags.

125 recycled plastic milk bottles can be used to manufacture a 140-litre wheelie bin!

Tragically, plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kills as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year.

Every aluminium can recycled saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for 3.5 hours.

The Envirobank holds enough aluminium cans to light a 60-watt bulb for a whole year.

95% less energy is needed to make aluminium from recycled cans instead of from the raw material, bauxite.

There is no limit to the amount of times aluminium can be recycled.

The energy saved by recycling 1 ton of aluminium could fuel a small family car for 100,000km.

Aluminium cans and aluminium scrap are recycled into aeroplanes and cars – and of course, more cans!

A used aluminium can is recycled and back on the supermarket shelf as a new can in as little as 60 days – that's closed loop recycling at its finest!

The average employee consumes 2.5 cans of soft drink each day at work. So use the Envirobank to make sure your cans are not canned!

And remember, even after 500 years, a discarded aluminium can will not have decomposed.