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waste when often recycled materials can re-enter the manufacturing process and end up as new products. For glass manufacturers, recycling reduces air emissions, extends furnace life and reduces energy costs because recycled glass melts at lower temperatures than other materials. And unlike materials like plastic, glass is reused for its original purpose.
To consider recycling as a matter of aesthetics doesn’t address other benefits. It not only reduces the tonnage of refuse at dump sites by as much as 25 percent, but will build stronger Ipcal economies, lower disposal costs and create a cleaner environment. Jokingly referred to as our gross national product, trash and its disposal also become an issue of economics.
Cities already engulfed in garbage are beginning to recycle as an exercise in waste management; for other cities around the U.S., recycling can mean the difference between managing an existing crisis or preventing one. It’s a natural solution to a man-made problem and the need for us, as consumers, to take responsibility is clear.
Much of the recent state legislation passed on litter reduction or recycling laws is the result of strong citizen lobbying efforts. Earlier this year, New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean signed legislation making recycling the law in New Jersey with a goal of recycling 25 percent of all
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