Top Ten Reasons to Recycle
1: Recycling is good for our economy!
American companies rely on recycling programs to provide the raw materials they need to make new products! Glass is indefinitely recyclable, and NEVER wears out!
2: Recycling creates jobs!
More than 56,000 recycling and reuse enterprises employ more than 1.1 million people across the United States. Recycling is a $236 billion dollar industry over a one year period.
3: Recycling reduces waste!
By using recycled products, like bottles and cans, we prevent them from going into our ever increasing landfills. Americans dispose of roughly 7 ½ lbs. of garbage per day!
4: Recycling is good for the environment!
Recycling reduces the need for raw materials, uses less energy to produce, and keeps products out of landfills!
5: Recycling saves energy!
Recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than producing new virgin aluminum. One recycled aluminum can saves enough energy to power a television for three hours.
6: Recycling preserves landfill space!
Recycling helps to prevent new land fills from forming, and helps reduce the waste in existing landfills. No one wants to live next to a landfill!
7: Recycling helps prevent global warming!
Recycling produces considerably less carbon than making new materials. In 2000, 32.9 million metric tons of carbon was kept from the air, just from recycling!
8: Recycling reduces water pollution!
Making glass from recycled materials can cut water pollution by 50%. There is also a shortage of drinking water in certain countries, and even certain states nationally. Clean water is especially hard to find in some countries. By recycling we are helping to provide clean water for people.
9: Recycling protects our wildlife!
By recycling, we reduce the need to destroy habitats for animals, including forests, rivers, wetlands, and swamps. Recycling one Sunday newspaper can save up to one tree!
10: Recycling creates new demand!
By recycling and buying recycled products it creates a greater demand for more recycled goods. This creates less waste and helps to improve our economy.