Why Recycle?

• Preserve the world’s natural resources
• Protect the world’s wildlife
• Keep plastic out of the oceans
• Recycling metal means there is less need for expensive, dangerous and harmful extraction of new materials
• Making products from recycled materials requires less energy than creating them from raw materials. Sometimes the difference is immense, for example producing new aluminium from recycled cans and foil uses 95% less energy than starting from scratch
• Trees take years to grow but can be chopped down in just minutes. That’s why planting new trees isn’t enough – we also need to recycle. Making paper from pulped recycled paper uses 40% less energy than creating paper from virgin wood fibers
• Create new jobs