Without exception, recycling is the top
action society can take to simultaneously improve the environment, the economy, sustainable manufacturing and prevent waste from going into oceans
we're not f*cking with you
New Jersey recycles batteries, New York does not (WTF NY?). Julia frequents New Jersey and loves to recycle.
Give your dead ass batteries to Julia so she can fulfill her environmentalist life.
I know what you're thinking
what the f do i do with all these batteries?!
Despite representing only 5% of the world population, the U.S. generates more waste than any other country in the world.
what can I recycle?
Glass
Hard Plastic
Metal
Mixed Paper
Cardboard
where does our trash go?
Dumps
& Other
39%
Composted
1%
Recycled
1%
59%
Landfills
the magical farm in the sky?
About 80% of what americans throw away is recyclable yet the
recycling rate is just 33%
Contamination is a direct result of: 1) millions of inconsistent and confusing labels on recycling bins throughout society, 2) confusion about what is actually recyclable at a given bin, and 3) the lack of national messaging about the importance of recycling right.
Everyday, the public throws millions of tons of garbage into recycling bins. That 'garbage' contaminates the good recyclables, hence the term contamination.
the collapse of recycling is primarily due to high contamination levels in the recycling stream. Contamination cripples the economics of recycling.
The largest recycling hauler in the U.S. has recently closed 25% of their recycling plants.
The process to remove contamination reduces profitability, driving up the cost of recyclables, thereby preventing many manufacturers from reusing recycled materials. As a result, they continue to deplete finite natural resources at alarming levels.
The fact that recycling is so poorly communicated to the public and that the importance of recycling is so underplayed often leads people to feel subliminally, or even overtly, that it must not be very important.
Confusion at the bin leads to mistakes, apathy and skepticism about recycling.
Unfortunately, recycling is inconsistent everywhere we go,
making it extremely confusing.
why don't people just recycle?
are they just lazy bastards?
http://www.newsweek.com/what-has-trump-said-about-global-warming-quotes-climate-change-paris-agreement-618898
http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/zerowaste/residents/what-to-recycle-for-residents
http://www.recycleacrossamerica.org
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/26-trillion-pounds-of-garbage-where-does-the-worlds-trash-go/258234/
Cute baby marine animals everywhere thank you.
recycling can be easy and convenient, any questions please feel free to ask
recycling is just a good time all around
ok maybe not, but you're being a good human
When U.S. recycling levels reach 75% it will generate 1.5 million new jobs in the U.S. (net).
When U.S. recycling levels reach 75% it will be the environmental and CO2 equivalent of removing 55 million cars from U.S. roads each year.
This is important because mining
and deforestation activities contribute substantially to pollution and the emission of greenhouse gases into
the atmosphere.
By recycling, you can help to reduce the need for the extraction of virgin raw materials from the earth, through activities such as mining and deforestation.
Plastics and other recyclables that sit
in landfills or are littered rather than recycled easily make their way onto
our beaches and into our oceans,
4M tons to be exact.
Plastic waste in our oceans kills nearly 100,000 marine mammals and up to 1M seabirds every year by entanglement, ingestion or other means.
why should I recycle?
- Albert Einstein
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
scientists on climate change