| Recycling is here to stay, and anyone even trying | | | | *The Aluminum Foundation reports that during a |
| to suggest that recycling isn't valuable would be | | | | 12 week program, over 105 million beverage cans |
| incredibly wrong on a number of counts. | | | | were recycled, earning over $2.3 million for |
| Recycling is valuable in more ways than can even | | | | charities. |
| be described in one article. Even still, consider | | | | With just a few of these facts in mind, it |
| these facts: | | | | becomes extremely clear that the value of waste |
| *Hundreds of paper mills in the USA use at least a | | | | does not end at the trash can or the dumpster. |
| portion of recovered materials to manufacture | | | | Business waste such as paper, plastic, and metal |
| new paper products. | | | | all have value even after they appear to have |
| *In America we use 4 million plastic bottles an | | | | served their purpose and they can contribute |
| hour and most of them are thrown away. Have | | | | immensely when it comes to making more |
| you ever thought about how many plastic | | | | money through better business recycling. |
| products there are? | | | | Independent businessmen and women across the |
| *More than 1.5 million tons of construction | | | | country have learned to look at waste differently, |
| materials are manufactured every year from | | | | turn it into savings, and earn money in the |
| paper products | | | | process. By simply changing their perspective on |
| *More than 200 paper mills produce paper | | | | business waste, they have saved and earned |
| products entirely from recycled materials | | | | hundreds of thousands of dollars by providing |
| *More than half of office paper is recovered with | | | | valuable waste consulting for businesses in a |
| recycling | | | | variety of industries. In the end it really is only a |
| *Recycling aluminum cans drastically decreases | | | | matter of perspective, seeing waste within the |
| the loss of raw materials | | | | context of a green business opportunity makes a |
| *There is no limit to the number of times | | | | difference in many ways. The value is there, so |
| aluminum can be recycled | | | | why not act on it and cash in? |