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