{"id":2923,"date":"2020-10-07T20:07:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T20:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/?page_id=2923"},"modified":"2022-11-22T21:05:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T21:05:33","slug":"why-recycle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/eco-living\/recycling-101\/why-recycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Recycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n        #myVideo_mp4{\n        position: absolute; z-index: -99; width: 100%; height: 100%;top:0;left:0;\n    }\n    banner-image-1 iframe,\n    banner-1 iframe{\n        width: 100%;\n        height: 100%;\n    }\n    .banner-1.full-block .mob-banner-sect.high-content-arrow {\n\t\tpadding:64% 0 0 0 !important;\n\t}\n    .banner-1.full-block .mob-banner-sect.high-content-arrow .banner-txt-1 {\n\t\ttop: 10%;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"banner-1 full-block large-banner child-page  \">\n        <div class=\"mob-banner-sect lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-size: cover;height:auto;padding:56.25% 0 0 0;\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Why-Recycle_banner.png)\">\n            <div class=\"banner-txt-1\">\n                                                                                <h1>Why Recycle?<\/h1>\n                                <h3>Recycling is an essential part of a sustainable, Zero Waste future.<\/h3>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <div class=\"banner-image-1 banner-image-mobile lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\"\n              data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Why-Recycle_banner.png)\">\n\n                     \n        \n<script>\n  \/\/ 2. 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State numbers are even worse: Colorado&rsquo;s recycling rate currently stands at a mere 16%<\/a>. For the sake of the economy, our natural resources, the climate, and future generations, we must do better.<\/p>\n<h2>Why should we all be recycling?<\/h2>\n<p>Recycling is one of the easiest actions we can take to work toward a sustainable future and to generate big environmental benefits. When you recycle as much as you can (after you refuse, reduce, and reuse, of course), you contribute to a cyclical economy that supports green jobs, prevents pollution, saves energy, combats climate change, and lessens our dependence on natural resources like trees, natural gas, and petroleum.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Locals:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/guides-and-resources\/guides-for-boulder-county\/recycling-guide-boulder-county\/\">See our Boulder County recycling guide<\/a> for our A&ndash;Z Recycling Guide, recycling posters, recycling services, maps to drop-off centers, and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live outside Boulder County?<\/strong> Use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earth911.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earth911.com<\/a> to see where to recycle just about anything near you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spreading the good word on recycling?<\/strong> See all of our recycling resources in our <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/resource-library\/\">Resource Library<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Value of Recycling<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&rsquo;ve seen headlines such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/16\/business\/local-recycling-costs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times <\/em>article &ldquo;As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling,&rdquo;<\/a> you may be wondering if recycling is still worth it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, it is! Recycling is and always will be a critical component of a more sustainable, circular economy. While it should never be considered the singular solution to the world&rsquo;s waste problems, recycling is crucial to maximizing natural resources, saving water and energy, and creating more resilient communities.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>When you recycle, you . . .<\/h2>\n<h4>Save (a lot) of energy.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By adopting Zero Waste strategies, including recycling, <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/resources\/report-stop-trashing-the-climate\/\" rel=\"noopener\">we could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 400 million metric tons of CO2 per year, the equivalent of taking more than 20% of US coal-fired power plants off the grid<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturing products from recycled materials saves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isri.org\/docs\/default-source\/commodities\/overall-industry-fact-sheet_2018.pdf?sfvrsn=2971a413_18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">30&ndash;90% of the energy needed<\/a> to manufacture these products from natural resources without requiring additional extraction of trees, fossil fuels, or metal ores.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Reduce demand for new resources.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recycling extends the lifespan of materials, reducing pressure on our environment and finite natural resources. For example, aluminum cans and glass bottles can be recycled indefinitely! If we recycle 100% of these materials, it would greatly alleviate the need to go back to extract more bauxite ore or silica from the planet.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Save water.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manufacturing from recycled materials saves water. For example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isri.org\/docs\/default-source\/commodities\/overall-industry-fact-sheet_2018.pdf?sfvrsn=2971a413_18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">producing paper from virgin pulp creates the largest industrial demand for water per ton<\/a> of product in the US. Recycling one ton of paper <a href=\"https:\/\/web.mit.edu\/facilities\/environmental\/recyc-facts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saves 7,000 gallons of water<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Stop burying valuable resources.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling\/national-overview-facts-and-figures-materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We bury or burn more than two-thirds of our waste every day in the US<\/a>, destroying the value of these materials. Colorado <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">throws away nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/cdphe.colorado.gov\/front-range-waste-diversion#Resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$100 million worth of recyclable material each year<\/a>, such as aluminum, cardboard, paper, glass, and plastics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Create more jobs.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recycling creates an average of 9 times more jobs than landfilling. In the US, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tellus.org\/pub\/More%20Jobs,%20Less%20Pollution%20-%20Growing%20the%20Recycling%20Economy%20in%20the%20US.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we could create 1.1 million new jobs by recycling 75% of our discards<\/a>.<\/span><\/p> \n\n                <\/section>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>    \n\n<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"related-resources-sec   \" style=\"margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px;\n     padding-top:30px; padding-bottom:30px;\">\n\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <h2>Related Resources<\/h2>\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 \">\n                <nav>\n                    <div class=\"nav nav-tabs nav-fill\" id=\"nav-tab\" role=\"tablist\">\n                        <ul>\n                             \n                            \n                            \n                            <li><a class=\"nav-item nav-link active\" id=\"nav-resources-tab\" data-toggle=\"tab\" href=\"#nav-resources\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"nav-resources\" aria-selected=\"true\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n                                                                                      <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/nav>\n                <div class=\"tab-content py-3 px-3 px-sm-0\" id=\"nav-tabContent\">\n\n                    <div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"tab-pane fade show active in\" id=\"nav-resources\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"nav-resources-tab\">\n                        <div class=\"row\">\n                            \n                                                   \n                               <div class=\"col-md-3\">\n\n                                        <div class=\"content-ar\">\n                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/resources\/recycling-guidelines\/\">\n                                                                                                    <div class=\"relatedresourceimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ecocycle.org\/content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Untitled-design-81.png\" class=\"rs-img lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1545px; 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