RECYCLING SPOTLIGHT: POP QUIZ!

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!!
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