Recycle at home: It’s easy, convenient and makes a world of difference.
Find out how and where to recycle in your neighborhood.
Last year Americans trashed over 180 BILLION tons of recyclable materials like newspapers and aluminum cans. That equals $6.2 billion dollars, 540 billion cubic yards of landfill space and $12 billion in lost energy!
But there is good news! Nearly half of the U.S. population has access to curbside recycling – the easiest way to recycle. Simply put your recyclable items out on the curb and they are picked up for you. How easy is that?
Believe it or not, just by finding out about your local curbside program (how to participate, what is accepted and when pick-ups occur) you are embarking on the path of “everyday environmentalism.” All from the comforts of your own home!
Every curbside program is a little different so click here to see what your local recycling options are.
Need more convincing? Check this out:
- The EPA estimates 66% of the materials we trash every day could be recycled. Only approximately 25% actually is being recycled.
- An aluminum can you recycle today will be back on store shelves as a new can in as little as 60 days. That is closed loop recycling at its finest!
- Every year we waste one billion trees by throwing away our newspapers and other paper products.
- Recycling 35% of our trash would reduce global warming emissions equal to taking 36 million cars off the road.
- For every ton of paper recycled, we save 17 trees.
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