Recycled products cost more. This used to be the case for some materials, but things have changed. Many recycled products are priced competitively with their nonrecycled counterparts. Recycled products are inferior in quality. This is simply not true.
Recycled products have the same quality, reliability, and dependability.
A 1996 survey by the Buy Recycled Business Alliance asked hundreds of corporate purchasing agents about their satisfaction with recycled content products. Steel Recycling Institute Pittsburgh, PA New steel can't be made without old steel. Using closed loop affirmative procurement of motor oil, the facility purchases re-refined oil from the same source which recycles the used oil. The Home Depot Atlanta, GA The Home Depot has specified recycled content material for all stationery, store forms, register tape, signage, advertising catalogs, plastic shopping bags, and lumber flags. The company has also been supporting the independent certification of recycled content merchandise as a means of encouraging and reinforcing customer purchases of recycled content materials.