Every year, each of us still discards nearly 1600 pounds of trash, most of which still goes to landfills and incinerators. By making products from recycled materials instead of virgin materials, we reduce the need to cut down trees, drill for oil, and dig for minerals. It usually takes less energy to make recycled products. In most cases, making products from recycled materials creates less air pollution and water pollution than making products from virgin materials. When the materials that you recycle go into new products, they don't go into landfills or incinerators, so scarce landfill space is conserved.
Recycling creates jobs, saves valuable resources and is simple to do.
Before you throw away think about the Earth and reuse, reduce and recycle. The term Recycling has become a part of our everyday vocabulary. We take for granted that we Recycle everything as much as we can. If we look at the Recycling rates for the major cities in the United States it is obvious we have a big opportunity for improving our efforts in Recycling. The 3 R's of Recycling Reduce Reuse Recycle Reducing waste does not mean you have to reduce what you buy, it means shopping with the environment in mind.