Take the true or false pop quiz on recycling vs. landfills.
True or False: 6 out of every 10 people in the US recycle?
- FALSE – Current recycling levels are only 21.4%
True or False: More people are employed by the landfill process than the recycling process?
- FALSE – Recycling generates 7-10 more jobs than landfills and waste to energy plants.
True or False: Recycling in the U.S. is a valuable export?
- TRUE – Not only is it a valuable resource for U.S. manufacturing, but it is also a valuable export to countries such as China and India.
True or False: Recycling can generate new jobs in the US?
- TRUE – When U.S. recycling levels reach 75% it will generate 1.5 million new jobs in the U.S.
Bonus Question:
True or False: Without exception, recycling is the top action society can do to simultaneously improve: the environment, the economy, sustainable manufacturing and to prevent waste from going into oceans?
- TRUE!!! It all starts with YOU!!
