Why Recycling is Important Monroe Area High Future Business Leaders of America

Why Recycle Save Energy Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduce Pollution Save Natural Resources Create Jobs Save Space in Landfills

Saves Energy Takes less energy to make a new product from recycled materials  Recycling cans requires 96% less energy than manufacturing new aluminum from its virgin material, bauxite  Recycling plastic bottles uses 76% less energy  Recycling paper uses 45% less energy  Recycling glass uses 21% less energy

Recycling in California Saves enough energy to power 1.4 million California homes Reduces water pollutants by 27,047 tons

Reduces Greenhouse Emissions Ton for Ton Recycling  reduces more pollution  saves more energy  reduces more Green House Gas emissions Than any other solid waste management option

California Alone... Over 60 percent of the "garbage" in California landfills can be composted or recycled. CA consumes 657 million barrels of oil and emits 492 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. CA's beverage container recycling effort for January - June 2007  saved the equivalent of 2.5 million barrels of oil  reduced 293,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases; equal to taking 16,000 cars off the roads.

Air and Water Pollution Recycling reduces air pollution produced by power plants Recycling reduces water pollution produced by chemicals used in the manufacturing process. Recycling 14 trees worth of paper reduces air pollutants by 165,142 tons.

Conserve Natural Resources Recycling paper saves trees and water.  Making a ton of paper from recycled stock saves up to 17 trees  Using 50% less water (that’s 7000 gallons). Four pounds of bauxite are saved for every pound of aluminum recycled.

Recycling Creates Jobs Waste Recycling and Management ranks higher on an economic and job creation scale than California’s highly praised Entertainment Industry creating...  5,300 business operations  With more than 85,000 workers  Generating $4 billion in salaries and wages  Producing $10 billion worth of goods and services annually

Save Space in Landfills Over 60 percent of the "garbage" in most landfills can be composted or recycled. Increasing recycling should be priority strategy for reducing global warming effects associated with solid waste management... Do you want a landfill in your backyard? RECYCLE, RECYCLE, RECYCLE