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Not only do we minimize the amount of waste that enters our landfill, but making a conscious effort to recycle allows for a decrease in air and other environmental pollution, lowers energy usage, reduces the consumption of raw materials, boosts the economy by providing jobs, provides raw materials for manufacturing and production industry, and reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases. We can never be perfect, but we can take simple steps to leave behind a thriving and healthy community for generations to come.
Facts about Plastics in North Carolina**
General Recycling Facts***
(statistics sourced from *The Center of Biological Adversity; **North Carolina Department of Environmental Equality ***Carolina Recycling Association)