Austin's Ecology Action of Texas by the numbers:
232,000: kilowatt-hours of electricity saved by aluminum recycling
16,924: trees saved by recycling paper
4,432: gallons of fuel oil saved by recycling glass
3,285: cubic yards of landfill space saved by recycling paper
2000: the year EA became a worker-run coop
1979: the year EA of Texas was founded
650: EA's Industrial Workers of the World Local Industrial Union number
501(c)(3): the type of nonprofit EA is
24-7: hours each day/days each week that certain recyclable materials are accepted at the Ninth Street drop spot
10%: the amount of the city's volume in recycling covered by its efforts in 2007
1: Anyone. Even you. Even if you don't live in a house. You can recycle. With the help of the local heroes at EA, you can change the world.
