The Biggest Question – Why Recycling Matters?

If you’re a recycling nay-sayer, then this blog is for you

Around 14 percent of people are either ambivalent about or downright against recycling. The myth they believe is that it is not their responsibility and recycling doesn’t make any difference

Seriously, who even cares?

If you fall into one of these categories, that’s okay. We’re not judging. The fact that you’re here is fine. It means you want us to convince you that recycling is worthwhile. So here is the big three reasons why you should start recycling.

You’re already paying for it

One word: Taxes. That’s right, you fund recycling. Your city’s program is actually your program. When it performs, it benefits you, your community and as a whole, the planet.

And the more you recycle, the less your community needs to landfill. The emissions through landfilling gets reduced to greater extent and ultimately the space required for landfilling gets reduced

Recycling programs that perform how they should can pay for themselves, but it requires full buy-in from every single stakeholder. Are you in?

Good for the economy

Recycling creates employment opportunities. In the U.Sthe employment potential is about 2.39 – 4.05 jobs per 1,000 tonnes of diverted waste. For our Canadian friends, that’s something like 5 job opportunities per 1,000 tonnes of diverted waste.