3+R's+Reduce+Reuse+Recycle

 
 * **The 3'R: Reduce: Reuse: Recycle **
 * **// Reduce //** : the amount and toxicity of trash you throw away
 * //** Reuse: ** // containers and product 
 * Using materials in ways that they reduce the amount or toxicity of trash created.
 *  Another way to stop waste at the source because it delays or avoids that item's entry into the waste collection and disposal system.
 * Benefits
 * Saves Natural Resource: less material will need to recycled, sent to landfills, or waste combustion facilities
 * Reduces Toxicity of Waste: Use non-hazard/less hazard items, reading labels carefully
 * Reduces Cost: Economic Saving for communities, schools. businesses, people of the community


 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">//<span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">** Recycle ** //** : ** as much as possible and buy products with recycled content
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Benefits of Recycling
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Protects and expands U.S manufacturing jobs/ increases U.S competitiveness
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Reduces the need for landfilling and incineration.
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from virgin materials.
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> decreases emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">[|global climate change] <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">.
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Conserves natural resources such as timber, water, and mineral


 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">3 Major Steps in Recycling
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Step 1: Collection and Processing
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Collecting recyclables varies from community to community
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Primary methods: curbside, drop-off centers, buy-back centers, and deposit/refund programs.
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Recyclables are sent to a materials recovery facility to be sorted and prepared into marketable commodities for manufacturing.
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Recyclables are bought and sold just like any other commodity
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;">Prices for the materials change and fluctuate with the market.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">** Step 2: Manufacturing **
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Manufactured with total or partial recycled content
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Common household items that contain recycled materials (newspapers and paper towels; aluminum, plastic, and glass soft drink containers; steel cans; and plastic laundry detergent bottles)
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;"> Recycled materials also are used in innovative applications such as glass in roadway asphalt (glassphalt) or recovered plastic in, park benches, and pedestrian bridges.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">** Step 3: Purchasing Recycled Products **
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">Purchasing recycled products completes the recycling loop
 * <span style="color: #50a922; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">By buying recycled products implies and important part in the process

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