QUESTION OF THE WEEK

 

Waste Disposal Issues

1. What are the benefits of Recycling?

Recycling of waste materials has prevented over 80 million tons annually, over one-third of all solid waste, away from going into landfills and incinerators.

Key benefits of recycling include:

· provides revenues to waste generators

· lowers the cost of waste disposal

· reduces the need for new landfills

· saves energy

· supplies valuable raw materials to industry

· prevents emissions of many air and water pollutants

· creates jobs

· reduces greenhouse gas emissions

· conserves resources for our children's future

More specific examples include:

• Annual energy-savings resulting from recycling is estimated to save over 600 trillion Btu's, which is equal to the energy used in 6 million households.


• The dollar value of materials recovered from solid waste is estimated to be over $5 billion. Recovered paper and paperboard account for about one-third of the total.


• Simple actions, like purchasing copier paper with 30% recycled content can result in estimated savings of 25 million trees annually.


• Two-thirds of the steel produced in the U.S. is made from recovered steel. 42 percent whole a modem industry production contains recoverable bottom.

In summary, we all benefit from recycling. And the more recycling, the greater the benefits!

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