Recycling 
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Recycling!
Recycling
So why is recycling so important? Recycling does many things. Firstly, by recycling materials we're using less raw materials that come from the Earth to produce new materials. Here's a quick list of what certain material is made from:
Paper comes from Trees
Plastic comes from Oil
Aluminum/Tin comes from Metal
Click here to see what your recyclable material gets turned into!
All three resources need to be harvested or mined to get the materials, which can have huge environmental impacts on the Earth. Trees can be replanted, but did you know that oil and metal is non-renewable. By recycling, we don't need to harvest or mine as much as we would have if we sent all this material to the landfill.
Recycled material also uses less energy to produce a finished product than raw materials use.
Click here to find out how much natural resources our area service area has saved!
Click here to find out what's recyclable!
The Bottom Line
The Bottom Line is that recycling saves natural resources, the life-span of landfills, and requires less energy to make new products. If you would like to see the recycling process in action click this link for a tour of our recycling plant!
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