| Recycling is here to stay, and anyone even trying to | | | | contribute immensely when it comes to making more |
| suggest that recycling isn’t valuable would be | | | | money through better business recycling. |
| incredibly wrong on a number of counts. Recycling is | | | | Simply by changing perspective, anyone can look at |
| valuable in more ways than can even be described in | | | | waste that's been cast aside in a dumpster or trash |
| one article. Even still, consider these facts -- especially | | | | can and see the possibilities. Sure, it might be a |
| in the context of a green business opportunity: | | | | strange concept at first -- but it makes sense. If you |
| •Hundreds of paper mills in the USA use at least a | | | | think about all the products that use recycled |
| portion of recovered materials to manufacture new | | | | materials and the sheer amount of products |
| paper products. | | | | businesses across the country create every day, |
| •In America we use 4 million plastic bottles an | | | | you'll see that the need for more materials is |
| hour and most of them are thrown away. Have you | | | | constantly growing. By helping businesses recycle, and |
| ever thought about how many plastic products there | | | | earning half of what they save, independent waste |
| are? | | | | consultants stand to profit from waste and help the |
| •More than 1.5 million tons of construction | | | | environment at the very same time. |
| materials are manufactured every year from paper | | | | Independent businessmen and women across the |
| products | | | | country have learned to look at waste differently, |
| •More than 200 paper mills produce paper | | | | turn it into savings, and earn money in the process. |
| products entirely from recycled materials | | | | By simply changing their perspective on business |
| •More than half of office paper is recovered with | | | | waste, they have saved and earned hundreds of |
| recycling | | | | thousands of dollars by providing valuable waste |
| •Recycling aluminum cans drastically decreases the | | | | consulting for businesses in a variety of industries. |
| loss of raw materials | | | | This has not only prevented those businesses from |
| •The Aluminum Foundation reports that during a | | | | trucking dumpster after dumpster of unsaved money |
| 12 week program, over 105 million beverage cans | | | | to the landfill, but it also means that every party |
| were recycled, earning over $2.3 million for charities. | | | | involved makes an impact on the environment by |
| •There is no limit to the number of times | | | | having less of an impact. |
| aluminum can be recycled | | | | In the end it really is only a matter of perspective, |
| With just a few of these facts in mind, it becomes | | | | seeing waste within the scope of a green business |
| extremely clear that the value of waste does not | | | | opportunity: makes a difference in many ways. It not |
| end at the trash can, the dumpster, or the landfill. | | | | only makes it easier to take advantage, but it also |
| Business waste such as paper, plastic, and metal all | | | | makes it much easier to find the time to make a |
| have value even after they appear on the surface to | | | | difference. After all, everyone wins, and the value is |
| have served their purpose. The fact is, they can | | | | clearly there, so why not act on it and cash in? |