{"id":13810,"date":"2011-11-14T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=13810"},"modified":"2011-11-14T10:00:50","modified_gmt":"2011-11-14T16:00:50","slug":"how-many-cars-were-recycled-last-year-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/how-many-cars-were-recycled-last-year-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Cars Were Recycled Last Year (Infographic)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kars4Kids just created an Infographic entitled \u201cHow many cars were recycled last year\u201d (below). Given that we&#8217;ve covered <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2011\/09\/old-car-art\/\">recycling of old cars<\/a> in the past, it&#8217;s an important but not widely discussed topic, and there are some pretty interesting stats here, I thought it&#8217;d be something fun to share here. Here&#8217;s a particularly shocking statistic from the infographic:\u00a0if the waste oil from oil changes in the UK had been collected it could have met the annual energy requirements of 1.5 million people! Who knew? Check out more:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/recycled-cars-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13811\" title=\"recycled-cars-3\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/files\/2011\/11\/recycled-cars-3-e1321048275161.jpg\" alt=\"recycled cars infographic\" width=\"490\" height=\"2796\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original infographic at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kars4kids.org\/blog\/how-many-cars-were-recycled-last-year-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kars4Kids<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kars4Kids just created an Infographic entitled \u201cHow many cars were recycled last year\u201d (below). 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