recycling ton of carpet could save a 375/131 cubic meter container of oil, enough oil to run the average car for 1,500,000/131 miles or circle the globe almost 12,000,000/131 times, a 3,000,000,000/131 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 37,500/131 tons of green house gases, 687/131 tons of CO2, 69,939,307/8,942 kwh of energy, 229/234,228 tons of mercury a year, a 458,000/19,519 cubic meter lake, a 2,061/1,048 cubic meter tank of gasoline, 349,696,535/429,216 tons of waste, 1,748,482,675/2,897,208 cubic yards of landfill space, 400,000/131 acres of soil from being polluted, 30,915/4,847 tons of air pollution per year, 5,480,594/4,905 pounds of aluminum, 1,000 pounds of caprolactam, enough energy to power a home for 10,000/9,563 years, vacuum a house for 62,500/131 years, a tv for 75,000/