| Residential collection services are a reliable option | | | | become abundant. The discarded packaging |
| for removal of household, yard and recyclable | | | | collects along roadsides, lakes, rivers, and oceans. |
| waste. These services work directly with their | | | | Litter is unattractive and costly. Americans pay |
| client base to determine a flexible service | | | | around $.32 for every piece of litter picked up by |
| schedule based on changing needs. Customers can | | | | state highway crews. Recycling conserves energy |
| utilize roll off containers for convenience. Larger | | | | and reduces air pollution. It is an excellent |
| units can also be used for construction and | | | | alternative that saves money, energy, raw |
| municipal solid waste. These containers range | | | | materials, and land. Recycling plastic bottles saves |
| from 10 to 30 cubic yards. | | | | almost 60% of the energy required to create |
| Commercial services are offered to local | | | | new ones. It is interesting to note that every |
| industries, construction companies and other | | | | piece of plastic made in the United States reduces |
| businesses for their waste and recycling removal | | | | the reserve supply of petroleum and makes the |
| needs. Temporary and permanent containers are | | | | country more dependent on foreign oil. |
| used for commercial services, and involve the | | | | Manufacturing new steel from scrap conserves |
| transfer of industrial, construction, demolition and | | | | 75% of the energy required to make it. Producing |
| municipal solid waste. Services are cost effective, | | | | aluminum from scrap metal instead of bauxite ore |
| and clients have the opportunity to communicate | | | | saves energy by 95%. Recycling paper greatly |
| with a single company representative for | | | | lowers the cutting down of trees for paper |
| personalized service. Professional drivers are | | | | products. |
| employed to consistently remove commercial | | | | Recycling facilities offer a sanitary and efficient |
| waste in a dependable manner. | | | | location for the public to inexpensively recycle |
| Public pay dumps are another option for disposing | | | | their household and construction waste. Larger |
| household and construction waste. Items such as | | | | items such as appliances, electronics, metal and |
| unwanted appliances, electronics, metal, and other | | | | other residential curbside items can also be |
| residential recyclables can be transferred to a | | | | transferred to a recycling facility. Some recycling |
| public pay dump. At a typical public pay dump, an | | | | processes reuse materials to recreate the same |
| office attendant directs the customer to a scale | | | | types of products, while other types of |
| or off-loading area depending on the items being | | | | processes turn older materials into entirely new |
| disposed of and the amount. Customers transport | | | | products. For example, discarded newspapers |
| their household waste to the off-loading area, or | | | | become cellulose insulation and steel cans are used |
| have their vehicle weighed prior to transfer of | | | | to build automobiles and create construction |
| waste. Once a vehicle is empty it is weighed again | | | | materials. |
| to determine the cost of the service. Payment is | | | | Recycling is ensuring that as much refuse is |
| then made once the waste is removed. | | | | reused as possible to reduce the burden on the |
| Recycling is the reprocessing of discarded | | | | environment. Recycling centers and facilities use |
| materials into new, useful products. Reducing litter | | | | advanced systems to assist households, industries |
| is an advantage of recycling. Items like disposable | | | | and businesses reduce their environmental impact. |
| paper, metal, glass and plastic packaging have | | | | |