Why recycle?

Recycling is one of the best ways for you to have a positive impact on the world in which we live. Recycling is important to both the natural environment and us. We must act fast as the amount of waste we create is increasing all the time.

The amount of rubbish we create is constantly increasing because:

  1. Increasing wealth means that people are buying more products and ultimately creating more waste.
  2. Increasing population means that there are more people on the planet to create waste.
  3. New packaging and technological products are being developed, much of these products contain materials that are not biodegradable.
  4. New lifestyle changes, such as eating fast food, means that we create additional waste that isn’t biodegradable.

Why this website?

This website is a quick and easy way for you to find out more about recycling and the positive impact that you can have in the fight to preserve our world and its resources.

Benefits for you and the Earth

Recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources. Collecting used bottles, cans, and newspapers and taking them to the curb or to a collection facility is just the first in a series of steps that generates a host of financial, environmental, and social returns. Some of these benefits accrue locally as well as globally.

  1. Recycling protects and expands U.S. manufacturing jobs and increases U.S. competitiveness.
  2. Recycling reduces the need for landfilling and incineration.
  3. Recycling prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from virgin materials.
  4. Recycling saves energy.
  5. Recycling decreases emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.
  6. Recycling conserves natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals.
  7. Recycling helps sustain the environment for future generations.
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