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West Michigan Shredding Recycling Fun Facts

An Executive Container emptied every 4 weeks for 1 year generates ½ ton of paper.

This equals 8 trees, 3,500 gallons of water, 225 gallons of oil, and 2,000 kilowatts of energy.

 

In 2021, West Michigan Shredding​ We shredded 2,941,335 pounds of paper

- Saved 25,001 trees

- Saved 10,294,673 gallons of water

- Saved 661,800 gallons of oil

- Saved 5,882,670 kilowatts of energy

As of September 21st, 2022, West Michigan Shredding has exceeded our 2021 recycling numbers!

 

We have achieved the following savings for 2022:

 

We shredded 3,460,346 pounds of paper:

- Saved 29,413 trees

- Saved 12,111,211 gallons of water

- Saved 778,578 gallons of oil

- Saved 6,920,692 kilowatts of energy

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