Matching Pairs EnvironmentOnline version Read match and order by Mat Paredes 1 Out of every $10 we spend buying things, 2 About 65% of household trash 3 Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean 4 One quart (> one liter) of motor oil that is not disposed of correctly 5 Recycling one aluminum can 6 The amount of wood and paper we throw away each year is enough to heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years. is made up of packaging. can pollute up to 2,000,000 gallons (7.6 million) of fresh water. kill as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year ! saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours. $1 (10%) goes for packaging that we then throw away.