Thanks to www.sustain.ucla.edu, with a few facts, you can save a little energy and perhaps earn a few dollars after your weekend escapades.

Energy saved from recycling one aluminum could operate a computer or TV for three hours and a six-pack saves enough energy to drive a car five miles.

The energy saved from recycling aluminum in 1993 alone was enough to light a city the size of Pittsburgh for six years.

Glass never wears out — it can be recycled forever.

One glass bottle saves enough energy to power a 400-watt light bulb for four hours.

It takes an aluminum can 90 years and a glass bottle 1 million years to biodegrade in a landfill.

Producing a soda can from recycled aluminum uses 96 percent less energy than manufacturing a can from ore, and produces 95 percent less air pollution and 97 percent less water pollution.

One ton of aluminum saves the equivalent in energy of 2,350 gallons of gasoline. This is equivalent to the amount of electricity used by the typical home over a period of 10 years.