Recycling saves valuable landfill space.
Landfills are expensive to build and cities and private garbage collection services are charged for each cubic yard of trash brought to the landfill. By recycling, trash is diverted from the landfill which in turn saves taxpayers money. Recycling also saves natural resources. Making a can out of recycled aluminum takes only five percent of the energy needed to make an aluminum can form raw materials. Recycling a four foot stack of newspaper produces as much paper pulp as a 40-foot pine tree.