We welcome you to our one-stop recycling service company. For the past 14 years, Philco Services has provided recycling services throughout North Carolina. We provide commercial and residential recycling of paper, electronics, metals, glass, pallets, computers, metals, tv's, plastics, etc. You can call or click on Rate Quote for assistance. We thank you for helping us to maintain a cleaner and safer environment for the next generation. We look forward to servicing all your recycling needs. Recycled aluminum requires only 5% of the energy required to manufacture a can from bauxite ore. More than 50% of a new aluminum can is made from recycled aluminum. Aluminum can be recycled and reused indefinitely without a decline in material performance or quality. All steel products can be re-melted and recycled into any other steel product. About 566 steel cans are recycled every second. Every day, Americans use more than 100 million steel cans. By recycling one ton of glass, we save the energy equivalent of nine gallons of fuel oil.Glass is 100 percent recyclable in a true closed-loop system; there are no waste by-products. Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. Five recycled soft drink bottles will make enough fiberfill for a man's ski jacket.1,050 recycled milk jugs can be made into a six-foot park bench. One year's worth of the New York Times weighs 520 pounds. Every ton of paper recycled saves about 17 trees. Every day, U.S. businesses generate enough paper to encircle the Earth 20 times. Two gallons of used motor oil can provide enough electricity to run the average household for about a day. Recycling all of your home's waste newsprint, cardboard, glass, and metal can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 850 pounds a year. Each of us generates on average 4.4 pounds of waste per day per person. Americans throw away enough aluminum every three months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. Over half of our trash can be composted. It takes 3 ½ barrels of oil and 7,000 gallons of water to process one ton of wood into paper. Five recycled two-liter PETE bottles can be used to make one square foot of carpet.