Recycle
Start at Home
You can teach your whole family to recycle. Simply find an area at home where you can keep a few boxes or recycling bins (to sort your recyclables) and consider the questions below.
Curbside or drop-off? Your community may offer curbside recycling, meaning that the company that collects your trash will also take your recyclable items. This is the most convenient option. Another option is to take your recyclables to a drop-off center.
Who will benefit? No matter who gets your recyclables, you will help the environment. But there is another thing to consider. Some companies pay money for recyclable goods. If you use a curbside recycling service or a government-related drop-off site, this money will likely be used to fund the recycling program. However, you may be able to find a drop-off center that collects recyclables for charity. One example is Cans for Habitat. Also, check your local Habitat ReStores to ask if they accept donations of newspaper, ink cartridges, cell phones, and other recyclables.
What materials can you recycle? It varies by community and individual recycling center, so be sure to ask. You may be able to recycle aluminum cans, newspapers, other types of paper, cardboard, a variety of plastics, glass bottles, batteries, ink cartridges and more.
You can teach your whole family to recycle. Simply find an area at home where you can keep a few boxes or recycling bins (to sort your recyclables) and consider the questions below.
Curbside or drop-off? Your community may offer curbside recycling, meaning that the company that collects your trash will also take your recyclable items. This is the most convenient option. Another option is to take your recyclables to a drop-off center.
Who will benefit? No matter who gets your recyclables, you will help the environment. But there is another thing to consider. Some companies pay money for recyclable goods. If you use a curbside recycling service or a government-related drop-off site, this money will likely be used to fund the recycling program. However, you may be able to find a drop-off center that collects recyclables for charity. One example is Cans for Habitat. Also, check your local Habitat ReStores to ask if they accept donations of newspaper, ink cartridges, cell phones, and other recyclables.What materials can you recycle? It varies by community and individual recycling center, so be sure to ask. You may be able to recycle aluminum cans, newspapers, other types of paper, cardboard, a variety of plastics, glass bottles, batteries, ink cartridges and more.
Then Spread the Word at School
Talk to your friends at school about Waste-Free Lunches.
Talk to school administrators and cafeteria staff about Waste Reduction at school.
Talk to your friends at school about Waste-Free Lunches.Talk to school administrators and cafeteria staff about Waste Reduction at school.
| Benefits of Recycling - By recycling 1 ton of paper, we save: 17 trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 463 gallons of oil, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, and enough energy to heat an average home for 6 months. - Manufacturers can make one extra-large T-shirt out of only five recycled plastic soda bottles. - Americans throw away enough aluminum every 3 months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet. - Recycling aluminum cans saves 95 percent of the energy required to make aluminum cans from scratch. - The amount of aluminum recycled in 1995 could have built 14 aircraft carriers. (Sources: Weyerhaeuser Company, 2001; Steel Recycling Institute, 2000; American Forest and Paper Association, 2000; R.W. Beck, 1997; The Can Manufacturers Institute, 1997; Anchorage Recycling Center, 2000; Recyclers’ Handbook by Earthworks Group, 1997; EPA, 1997) |
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