www.GetSimpleSolution.com How does recycling benefit us and the environment? Recycling Helps Protect The Environment Recycling sharply reduces the amount of waste that gets deposited in our landfills or burned in incinerator plants. Recycling Helps Conserve Limited Resources. By recycling over 1 million tons of steel in 2004, Pennsylvanians saved 1.3 million tons of iron ore, 718000 tons of coal, and 62000 tons of limestone. Through recycling newsprint, office paper and mixed paper, we saved nearly over 8.2 million trees. Recycling Promotes Energy Efficiency Recycling is far more efficient, in terms of energy consumption, than producing something out of fresh raw material. Recycling Helps Build A Strong Economy Every cost-reduction, energy efficiency, materials conservation, and job generation benefit of recycling adds up to help build a strong economy for our country. Recycling Creates Jobs Recycling generates more jobs than land filling or incinerating waste. That’s a benefit we can’t lose sight of, in this time of recession and high unemployment rate. Recycling Builds Community In many neighborhoods and cities across the country, we see concerned citizens working together in recycling initiatives, environment lobby groups, and free recycling groups. Recycling Can Be Financially Rewarding If you just want to make money to get by in these hard times or start a home business, recycling is a profitable option. You just need to plan on what material (cell phone, paper, or …
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