Recycling is
a movement
for good
Recycling saves local money, creates jobs, and protects the environment. Your recycling adds up. Join the movement.
Imagine what we can do together
If every American with access to recycling recycled all that they could every year, together we would:
Create
370,000
NEW full-time jobs
Conserve
154 Million
Barrels of oil
Reduce
96 Million
Metric tons of CO2
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