6 things I learned about recycling since Jason Momoa shaved his beard

Jason Momoa has shaved off his beard.

It's official. It has happened. The Game of Thrones and Aquaman star shed his luscious face-based locks today for the first time in seven years. People cried, people laughed, people didn't really have much of an opinion on the whole scenario. It was all going on. Alas, Jason's drastic look change was not in vain. In fact, he decided to shave his beard off for a very important reason - to raise awareness for recycling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bQ23FBu2Ys And in fairness to him, he has done just that because ever since those beautiful, curly hair-bits hit the desert floor, I have suddenly learned a fuck load about reusing and also saving the earth. Sure, some of these things I probably knew before the beard shave, and yeah OK, maybe the fact that aluminium is an infinitely recyclable product is something I should have been aware of before today, but you know what, it wasn't. It is now though. All thanks to Jason Momoa. Here are seven other things about recycling I also learned today. 1. About 15 percent of an item's cost comes from its packaging  You know, the plastic and the cardboard and all the rubbish that you're probably going to throw away anyway. The world would be a cheaper place if we didn't waste so much, tbh. 2. Americans throw away enough rubbish a year to encircle the earth 28 times  Twenty-eight times. Twenty. Eight. Times. Enough rubbish. To encircle. The earth. That amount of times. C'mon lads, get it together. 3. It takes up to 500 years for a nappy to decompose in a landfill  Well, between 250 and 500, apparently, but seeing as disposable nappies that we use today haven't been around for hundreds of years, right now we don't really know. It's a long time though, so if there was ever a reason to go back to cloth diapers, that's it. 4. Recycling cans generates a load of energy  Not only are aluminium cans infinitely recyclable (as Jason has so kindly already informed us), but recycling just one of them can generate enough energy to switch on a lightbulb for an extended period of time, or power your phone. Basically, recycling cans is good and you - yes, you - should do it more. 5. Recycling old paper requires a lot less energy than making it from trees Up to 70 percent less, actually. And it's also save a shit load of forests, too. 6. Recycling one glass bottle could power your computer for 25 minutes  25 minutes! That's almost half an hour. Think of all the things you could get done during that time. Reply to an email. Join a chatroom. Update your MySpace page. Loads.