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The Recycling Is Best Ways
Our Worlds is being destroyed by the waste that we leave. land and oceans are filled with trash, poison and plastics.
Recycling is the process of collecting and processing materials that would otherwise be thrown away as trash and turning them into new products. Recycling can benefit your community and the environment.

Benefits of Recycling
  • Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators
  • Conserves natural resources such as timber, water and minerals 
  • Prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials
  • Increases economic security by tapping a domestic source of materials
  • Save energy 
  • Support American manufacturing and conserves valuable resources 
  • Helps create jobs in the recycling and manufacturing industries

Steps to Recycling Materials
Recycling includes the three steps below, which create a continuous loop, represented by the familiar recycling symbol.

Step 1: Collection and Processing 
There are several methods for collecting recyclables, including curbside collection, drop-off centers, and deposit or refund programs.

After collection, recyclables are sent to a recovery facility to be sorted, cleaned and processed into materials that can be used in manufacturing. Recyclables are bought and sold just like raw materials would be, and prices go up and down depending on supply and demand in the United States and the world.

Step 2: Manufacturing
More and more of today's products are being manufactured with recycled content. Common household items that contain recycled materials include the following:
  • Newspapers and paper towels
  • Aluminum, plastic, and glass soft drink containers
  • Steel cans
  • Plastic Laundry detergent bottles
Recycled materials are also used in new ways such as recovered glass in asphalt to pave road or recovered plastic in carpeting and park benches.

Step 3: Purchasing New Products Made from recycled Materials
You help close the recycling loop by buying new products made from recycled materials. There are thousands of products that contain recycled content. When you go shopping, look for the following:
  • Products that can be easily recycled 
  • Products that contain recycled content

-Below are some of the terms used:
  • Recycled-content product -The product was manufactured with recycled materials either collected from a recycling program or from waste recovered during the normal manufacturing process. The label will sometimes include how much of the content was from recycled materials.
  • Post-consumer content -Very similar to recycled content, but the material comes only from recyclables collected from consumers or businesses through a recycling program.
  • Recyclable product -Products that can be collected, processed and manufactured into new products after they have been used. These products do not necessarily contain recycled materials. Remember not all kinds of recyclables may be collected in your community so be sure to check with your local recycling program before you buy.

Some of the common products you can find that can be made with recycled content include the following:
  • Aluminum cans
  • Carpeting 
  • Car bumpers
  • Comic Books
  • Cereal boxes 
  • Egg cartons
  • Laundry detergent bottles 
  • Glass containers 
  • Motor Oil
  • Nails
  • Paper towels
  • Newspapers
  • Trash Bags
  • Steel products
Recycling Creates Jobs
A united States EPA study in 2019 analyzed the numbers of jobs, wages and tax revenues attributed to recycling. The study found that in a single year, recycling and reuse activities in the United States accounted for:
  • 757,000 jobs
  • $36.6 Billion in wages; and
  • $6.7 Billion in tax revenues.










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