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Why Recycle?

• More solid waste is being generate each year and the cost of solid waste disposal is increasing. By removing recyclables from the waste stream the amount of waste is reduced and costs can thereby be reduced as well.
• Recycling saves millions of dollars by extending the lives of existing landfills and reducing the construction costs of additional incinerators.
• Our natural resources would diminish more rapidly without using recycled material to replenish the supply of goods.
• Products made from virgin material use more energy to produce.
• Recycling reduces pollution, and greenhouse emissions that lead to global warming.
• The recycling industry supports more than 19,000 jobs in Massachusetts.