November 15 is America Recycles Day. Its goal is to promote recycling, and things made with recycled content.
Getting items out of the waste stream and into your blue bin is only part of the solution... Recycling helps save natural resources when products are made from "old" materials rather than from "new" ones. For this to be successful, manufacturers need to have customers for their recycled-content products. So, vote with your dollars to show your support of recycling by choosing recycled-content products when these meet your needs.
What are some of these nifty items made from things you recycle in your blue bin? Take a look at this sampling of recycled-content products.
Pledge to recycle and enter the America Recycles Day contest. Visit our website for a refresher on what to put into your blue bin and tips on recycling and donating a host of other materials.
And, of course, don't forget about those other two important waste-related "R's": reduce and reuse!
