IRS Boosts Mileage Rate by 8 Cents
The optional standard rate for calculating
deductible operating costs for business
vehicles has been raised from 50.5 cents per
mile to 58.7 cents during the final six months
of 2008, the Internal Revenue Service said
this week. The IRS normally adjusts the rate
once a year, but made the change because of
soaring gas prices.
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Recycling Facts
-Recycling one
aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV
for three hours.
-We use over
800,000,000,000 aluminum pop cans every year!
-27% of newspapers
produced in America are recycled.
-Plastic bags and
other plastic garbage thrown into oceans kill
as many as 1,000,000 sea creatures every year!
-Every month, we
throw out enough bottles and jars to fill a
giant skyscraper.
-New Jersey has
the highest recycling rate of all states; 56%!
-Rainforests are
being cut down at the rate of 100 acres per
minute!
-A typical family
consumes 182 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons
of bottled water. That is a lot of
containers! Make sure they're recycled!
Life of Litter
-Orange and banana
peels: up to 2 years
-Paper Bag: 1
month
-Cotton Rag: 5
months
-Cigarette Butts:
1 - 5 years
-Wool Socks: 1 -
5 years
-Plastic Coated
Paper: 5 years
-Wood: 10 - 15
years
-Nylon Fabric: 30
- 40 years
-Leather: up to
50 years
-Tin Cans: 80 -
100 - years
-Aluminum Drink
Cans & Tabs: 100 years
-Plastic 6-pack
Holders: 100 years
-Disposable
Diaper: 500 - 600 years
-Glass Bottles:
1,000,000 years
-Plastic Bottles:
indefinitely
-Styrofoam:
indefinitely
