Clean Valley Recycling

What’s So Cool About Recycling?

• It Saves Energy.
  • It takes far less energy to make products using recycled materials rather than virgin materials.
  • And, yes, the energy it takes you to bring your bag to the curb is WAY less than the energy it took to bring your recyclables to one of our convenient Drop-Off Locations, as well.  (We know you were thinking it!)
• It Saves Landfill Space & Taxpayer Money.
  • Landfills are very expensive to build and maintain.
  • According to the U.S. EPA, recycling (including composting) diverted 68 million tons of material away from landfills and incinerators in 2001, up from 34 million tons in 1990.
• It Creates Jobs and Promotes Economic Development.
  

   

  • Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates one job; landfilling 10,000 tons of waste creates six jobs. Recycling 10,000 tons of waste creates 36+ jobs.
  • Recycling creates 1.1 million U.S. jobs, $236 billion in gross annual sales and $37 billion in annual payrolls.
  • Thousands of U.S. companies have saved millions of dollars through their voluntary recycling programs. They wouldn’t recycle if it didn’t make economic sense.
  • See below for many more of recycling ‘s economic benefits and interesting facts!
• It Reduces the Use of Toxic Chemicals.
  • Making products from already refined waste materials reduces — and often avoids altogether — the need for manufacturers to use toxic chemicals, essential when using virgin materials.
• It Reduces Dependence on Foreign Oil.
  • The national recycling rate of 30 percent saves the equivalent of more than five billion gallons of gasoline, reducing dependence on foreign oil by 114 million barrels.
• It Saves Trees.
  •  Half the Earth’s forests are gone, and up to 95 percent of the original forest area in the U.S. has been cut down.

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