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Recycling Plastic Has Many Benefits
from:You will find that recycling plastic is quite easy in most cities and states across the country. There are various ordinances in place concerning the recycling of plastic bottles and other plastic materials so you will need to find out what the guidelines in your community are before you begin recycling these bottles.
Benefits of Recycling Plastic
The first benefit is the fact that one ton of recycled plastic reduces landfill space by 7.5 cubic yards. It may not sound like much but when you consider the huge amounts of plastic that are not recycled each and every day it could make a huge difference in the amount of landfill space being used and needed. While many people aren't overly concerned about landfill space at the moment there will come a time when everyone needs to be concerned about it.
Another benefit to recycling plastic one pound of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) recycled bottles can save approximately 12,000 BTUs (British thermal units) of heat energy. It adds up rather quickly.
It takes plastic bottles 700 years to even begin the process of decomposing. They will be littering our landfills for a very long time to come if they aren't recycled unless we take measures today to begin recycling more plastic bottles and keep them out of our landfills.
In America alone four million plastic bottles are used every hour of the day. Of those four million only about one fourth of them are going to be recycled. That is a lot of plastic bottles heading off to our landfills each and every hour of the day.
There are a few other benefits of recycling plastic that bear mentioning. Recycling saves precious raw materials such as virgin bauxite ore. It saves energy and it creates jobs for the workers who work in various recycling centers around the country. Can you imagine the new jobs that would be created if everyone recycled?
In some states that are financial benefits to recycling plastic. Some states charge a deposit on certain plastic beverage containers. When you return the bottles to the recycling centers (which can usually be found at local grocery stores in these states) you will receive your deposit back. This was an effort to insure that people would recycle bottles and cans that has been fairly successful.
If you do not live in one of these states there are some that will pay you for every plastic bottle you recycle. You will need to check your local listing to find a center for recycling plastic for money but they do exist and are a great incentive to those who need a tangible incentive to recycle.
Recycling News
China Recycling Energy Corporation Reports 2012 First Quarter Financial Results - MarketWatch (press release)
China Recycling Energy Corporation Reports 2012 First Quarter Financial Results MarketWatch (press release) XI'AN, China, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- China Recycling Energy Corp. (NASDAQ:CREG) , a leading industrial waste-to-energy solution provider in China, today announced its financial results for the 2012 first quarter ended March 31, 2012. China Recycling Energy Q1 Profit Falls - Quick Facts |
Recycling and Composting Drive Success of Diversion and Recovery Goals at 2012 ... - MarketWatch (press release)
Recycling and Composting Drive Success of Diversion and Recovery Goals at 2012 ... MarketWatch (press release) Eighty-two percent of tournament materials were recovered from the waste stream through recycling, composting, material reuse and charitable donations - far exceeding the goal of 70 percent. While the tournament ran from January 30 to February 5, ... |
Company celebrates decade of recycling - HollandSentinel.com
 WZZM | Company celebrates decade of recycling HollandSentinel.com Piles of recyclables are stacked up at Chef Container and Westshore Recycling. The company celebrated its 10th year of recycling at a ceremony Thursday afternoon, May 17, 2012. Dennis RJ Geppert/Sentinel Staff By ANNETTE MANWELL Chef Container and ... Recycling company celebrates expansion |
Recycling brings $1.4 million to Western Massachusetts communities in 2011 - MassLive.com
 MassLive.com | Recycling brings $1.4 million to Western Massachusetts communities in 2011 MassLive.com By Buffy Spencer, The Republican The Republican | Mark M. MurrayFILE PHOTO -- A City of Chicopee recycling truck dumps a load of plastic bottles at the Springfield Materials Recycling Facility at 84 Birnie Ave. SPRINGFIELD -- A total of 77 Western ... |
Hampton Roads tries to find flexibility in mandated recycling - Daily Press
Hampton Roads tries to find flexibility in mandated recycling Daily Press By Amanda Kerr, akerr@dailypress.com | 757-247-4733 As local governments cut budgets and raise fees and taxes to help shore up revenue, the cost and necessity of municipal recycling programs have come under scrutiny from elected officials and community ... |