Environmental Benefits

Companies that use recycled materials:

• Use less energy, water and natural resources
• Create less solid waste, air and water pollution
• Reduce the need for mining virgin materials
• Preserve natural resources
• Preserve natural landscapes
• Prevent toxic gas release inherent to metal mining
• Keep materials out of landfills, incinerators and water supplies

Economic Benefits

Recycling-based community economic development:

• Reduces manufacturers’ cost of raw materials without loss of quality
• Reduces materials transportation costs
• Provides sales revenue and taxable revenue
• Supports the recycling industry
• Creates multi-level and multi-skilled jobs
• Reduces public health costs
• Reduces public cost of cleaning up toxics produced in mining raw materials and land fill disposal or incineration of e-waste