The 7 Benefits of Recycling FINANCIAL A business

The 7 Benefits of Recycling

FINANCIAL • A business can lessen the contents of its dumpster which saves disposal fees! • Two or more companies may want to exchange materials! • Why would that be helpful? • No Disposal Fees! • Exchange Materials! Recycling is a practical way of minimizing costs.

CONSERVING RESOURCES • Allows us to use limited resources for a longer time before running out! • Conserving also helps to protect our environment from becoming polluted! • It uses less energy which reduces pollution! • Since Resources are limited we conserve so we can make sure that these resources are continuously available!

ENERGY SAVING • Using energy requires the consumption of scarce fossil fuels and causes pollution! • Recycling paper cuts energy usage in half! • Recycling a ton of glass saves the equivalent of nine gallons of fuel! • Recycling just one can saves enough electricity to light a bulb for 14 hours!

COMMUNITY BUILDING • Strong community recycling programs can contribute to a healthy, united community! • Recycling programs can also help to improve water and air quality • They are building blocks for sustainable growing communities!

JOB CREATION • There are 26 different kinds of recycling businesses • Collection, processing, transportation, marketing, recycling training and education and many more. • Recycling businesses are creating jobs which helps reduce unemployment!

STRONG ECONOMY • As more items are reduced the amount of items going to landfills is reduced! • Through recycling, communities can save on their waste disposal costs! • Acres and acres of landfill space can be saved, and be made for other uses! • In countries where land is scarce, saving on landfill space could mean savings by the million!

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION • Products that are not biodegradable or are slow to decompose can remain in landfill sites for centuries, often emitting gases that could be harmful to the environment! • Waste in landfills emit gases as it rots. This can pollute the environment! • Anyone who has passed a landfill site during hot weather will be familiar with the smell and flies that can be found near it. Yuck! • Reducing the items in landfills will help to reduce the pollution that it causes!

Don’t forget to RECYCLE!!!