Recycling can Earn Money AND Decrease Disposal Costs
Did you know? Recycling can EARN MONEY and DECREASE DISPOSAL COSTS for a town or city.
- Revenue is earned by selling high quality recyclable material to responsible vendors.
- Disposal costs (how much it costs for waste to be landfilled or incinerated) are decreased as material is diverted from the solid waste stream and is recycled instead.
The combination of revenue from recycling and decreased costs by avoiding disposal, plus the environmental benefits of recycling, makes a strong case for why EVERYONE should recycle.
You don't have to recycle everything. You don't have to recycle perfectly. But if everyone in a town or city did their part by recycling SOME, it would have a significant impact both environmentally and financially!
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