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Why Recycle
Where to recycle.
Need a bin? We sell Recycling Bins.
Recycling is a commitment to adding value to a resource that otherwise would be discarded.
Recycling saves money, creates jobs, reduces harm to the environment, and saves energy:
- Generally speaking, recycling creates 10 times more jobs than landfilling or incinerating.
- In the U.S., recycling employs 1.1 million people, generating annual payrolls of nearly $37 billion. Recycling accounts for about the same percentage of GDP and employs the about same amount of workers as the U.S. auto industry.
- Recycling conserves natural resources, such as timber, water, and mineral ores, from domestic and imported sources.
- Recycling prevents pollution caused by manufacturing from virgin resources. Mining and other extraction industries create more toxic waste than all other industry combined.
- Recycling saves energy, even after you take trucking into account.
- Recycling keeps the cost of aluminum cans much lower than it would be otherwise (that's why Alcoa and others advertise for recycling).
- Without your recycled paper, the U.S. paper industry would not be able to compete with global competitors.
- Recycling engenders a sense of community involvement and responsibility.
Buy Recycled
Thanks to you, all sorts of everyday products are being made from materials you've recycled. But to keep recycling working to help the environment, you need to buy those products. So look for products made from recycled materials, and buy them.
 What is it with the little numbers in the recycling arrows? Why can I recycle some and not others? Click here for information.
Anyone can compost: Composting Your Garbage.
Greater Upper Valley Solid Waste Management District
96 Mill Street, PO Box 58, No. Hartland, VT 05052-0058
Phone (802)296-3688 | Fax 281-7088 | E-mail GUVSWD@valley.net
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