Benefits of Recycling
• Recycling creates jobs
• Recycling reduces the need for landfills and incineration
of
solid waste
• Recycling reduces the pollution caused by making
products
from virgin materials
• Recycling saves energy
• Recycling decreases emissions of greenhouse gases
that
contribute to climate change
• Recycling conserves the natural resources such as
timber,
water and minerals
• By conserving resources today, recycling ensures
there will
be plenty left for future generations.
Recycling
feels good. It's the right thing to do.
Saving
Natural Resources And Natural Areas
Making
products with recycled material slows the depletion on non-renewable
resources such as metal, oil, and natural gas, and reduces
the encroachment of new mining and drilling operations.
Conserving renewable resources through recycling also helps
preserve undisturbed land and natural diversity by reducing
the amount of land needed for timber production.
Saving
Energy
It generally
takes less energy to make products with recycled materials
than virgin materials. It takes 20 times more energy to
make aluminum from bauxite ore than using recycled aluminum.
Benefits of reduced energy consumption include reduced costs
and reduced dependence on foreign suppliers.
Reducing
Pollution
Using
less energy also means generating less air and water pollution
and recycling reduced other forms of pollution as well.
Runoff from mining operations, soil erosion and toxic chemicals
released when raw materials are processed.
Conserving
Landfill Space
Ohio
will not run out of landfill space any time soon, as was
feared when state government began encouraging recycling
in the 1980s, but conserving landfill space now will help
put off the need to build new or expanded landfills.
Creating
Industry and Jobs
Recycling
isn't just good for the environment, it's good for business.
Ohio firms are among industry leaders in research and development
of recycled-content products and mechanical and chemical
systems for recycling material into new products. As of
2000, almost 100,000 jobs in Ohio were directly dependent
on recycling; Ohio recycling resulted in $22.5 billion in
sales and an annual payroll of $3.6 billion.
Lawrence-Scioto
County Recycling and Litter Prevention
305 North 5th Street Ironton, Ohio 45638
Phone: 740-532-1231/740-532-1243
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