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Resource Conservation - Recycling & Economics

Recycling can turn used materials into valuable resources. Collecting used containers and papers to send to collection facilities is the first step to financial, environmental, and social returns.

  • Recycling helps expand manufacturing jobs & increase economic competitiveness.
  • Recycling can reduce the need for land fill areas and incineration.
  • Recycling can reduce pollution created by products manufactured from virgin materials.
  • Recycling can save energy and decrease emissions of greenhouse gases.
  • Recycling can conserve natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals.
  • Recycling can help sustain the environment for future generations.

Recycling includes collecting recyclable materials otherwise considered waste, sorting / processing recyclables into raw materials, manufacturing raw materials into products & purchasing recycled products.

Collecting & processing secondary materials, manufacturing recycled-content products, & purchasing recycled products creates a "loop" that ensures the value & success of recycling.

  • Collecting recyclables varies from community to community. Recyclables are sent to materials recovery facilities to be sorted & made into marketable commodities for manufacturing. Then they can be bought & sold like any other commodity.
  • Once cleaned and separated, recyclables are ready to undergo Manufacturing. Much of today's products are manufactured with total or partial recycled content. Common household items that contain recycled materials include newspapers, paper towels, aluminum, plastic / glass containers & steel cans. Examples of innovative applications of recycled materials include recovered glass in roadway asphalt & recovered plastic in carpeting.
  • Purchasing Recycled Products completes the "loop". As consumer demand for environmental products grows, manufacturers can produce high-quality recycled products.

Call MSA today at 210.408.7533 or use the contact form to plan for cost-effective recycling.