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10 Myths About Recycling

10 Myths About Recycling When it comes to recycling, myths and misinformation abound! Here are ten of the most common misconceptions about the costs and benefits of breathing new life into all that trash. 1 Myth Recycling is more expensive than disposal. $$$$$$$$ $50-150 PER TON $70-200PER TON VS. According to the EPA, a well-run curbside recycling program costs $50-150 per ton. A comparable disposal program costs $70-200 per ton. Truth A well-run recycling program can be just as cost effective as regular trash disposal. -Myth Making products from recycled materials is too expensive. Truth The cost of making products from recycled materials is generally comparable to that of making products from new materials. Using fresh aluminum costs as much as recycled aluminum 2х 3 Myth --- Truth Recycling uses more energy than it saves. Making products from recycled materials uses, on average, 50% less energy than making them from new materials! B880008088 Recycling aluminum cans AAA0000000 requires 95% less energy B0000ARAEA than producing them from raw materials, saving approximately 40 barrels of oil and 14,000 hours of kilowatt energy! Truth - Myth 4 Biodegradable plastic doesn'tneed to be recycled Decomposition of improperly treated biodegradable plastic releases methane gas into the atmosphere. Methane is a more potent greenhouse gas than CO2! CO. 5 Myth Recycling doesn't save natural resources. --- In 2005, Americans recycled 42 million tons of paper which saved 714 million trees and 292.026 gallons of water --Truth L-. Recycling drastically reduces the amount of natural resources that must be harvested or mined to collect and process raw materials. Truth --Myth 6 There are many products making their way to landfills that could easily be recycled. There is a lot of room for improvement! We already recycle as much as we can. Americans, on average, 28% recycle approximately of their waste but some communities have proven that that number can be as high as 50% or more! 7 Myth In a landfill plastics can take up to My trash will decompose anyway 1,000 years to decompose and glass can take many thousands of years to be broken down - Truth While it is true that most materials will break down over time, it can take a thousand years (or more!) for that to happen in a landfill. Myth 8 Recycling trucks Truth The amount of energy used by recycling trucks is more than made up for by the overall amount of energy that recycling saves. waste energy According to the EPA, recycling in 2006 caused a reduction of 49.7 million metric tons of carbon emissions which is comparable to removing 39.4 million passenger cars from the road 9 Myth %$4 The value of recycled products is over People don't want to buy recycled products $5 billion Over1,400 different products use post-consumer plastics. a year. In 1999, recycled paper provided more than 37% of the raw material fiber needed by U.S. paper mills --Truth Markets exist for all of the commonly collected recycled materials and demand is high. People are motivated by both economics and their conscience to purchase goods made from recycled products! ---- Myth (10 Burning waste in an incinerator is better than recycling Truth --- Incinerators produce energy but also an awful lot of greenhouse gas at a high cost to both taxpayers and the environment PERFECT RUBBER MULCH CONTRIBUTING TOA GREENER ENVRONENT ONt TREATA TIME Sources: http://www.nrdc.org/cities/recycling/recyc/chap3.asp http://www.all-recycling-facts.com/recycling-benefits.html http://www.deq.state.ms.us/Mdeq.nsf/page/Recycling_RecyclingTrivia?OpenDocument http://www.in.gov/idem/recycle/2371.htm https://csbsju.edu/sju-sustainability/what-were-doing/recycling/recycling-myths-and-excuses http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/01/31/what-happens-to-all-that-plastic/ http://www.mrra.net/wp-content/uploads/Why-Recycle.pdf http://www.epa.gov/region4/rcra/mgtoolkit/Climate_Change.html https://csbsju.edu/sju-sustainability/what-were-doing/recycling/recycling-myths-and-excuses Fore more recycling tips and info visit perfectrubbermulch.com/blog %24

10 Myths About Recycling

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With so many misconceptions about recycling swirling around, a little knowledge can go a long way towards helping you make wise decisions about how to dispose of your trash. If you didn’t know the t...

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