Recycling Resources In Every Home In Austin, Texas
Posted by Spaulotti in EnvironmentAustin, Texas is committed to restore its natural resources through waste reduction, energy conservation and resource efficiency. The city aims to protect human and environmental safety. This endeavor brings the birth of recycling to every home in Austin.
Recycling is the process of taking a material to the end of its useful life and turning it to usable raw material to make another new product. Recycling is highly beneficial because it conserves valuable natural resources. It also reduces energy consumption in manufacturing of goods, a good source of income, extends the life of landfills and reduces disposal cost. With this being said, the residents of Austin, Texas are not only complying with the state or city ordinance but are also helping to preserve its natural resources.
The City of Austin Solid Waste Services had provided guidelines how to deal with recyclable materials, and they are as follows:
Aluminum and Plastics
Aluminum can and plastic #1 and #2 can be rinsed out and recycled through City of Austin Solid Waste Services. They can request for blue recycling bin that is being picked up everyday. Recycling of these items conserve landfills and energy in manufacturing them.
Glasses
The City of Austin Solid Waste Services can accept recycling of unbroken glass. But it is recommended to reuse it in decorating and accenting of furniture. One good example is a glass mosaic top for a coffee table.
Cardboard and Paper
It is very known that cardboard and papers can be recycled. To reduce the amount of paper to be recycled, you may consider removing your name from the junk mail list. This will help conserve our natural resources being used in manufacturing of paper.
Clothes
Excess clothes can be donated or sold in many areas of the city. You may consider this option instead of throwing them and adding these up to the landfill. Another idea is through swapping them with a friend.
CD’s
You can actually sell your old cd’s back to music stores. You may also want to donate them into charity shops. One practical recycling of this item is by turning them into home decorations.
Here are some benefits of recycling you might not know…
1. Improves economic health. It also creates jobs in basic industries that pump resources back into the economy instead of down the drain. Hundreds of recycling jobs in Central Texas are depending on the recyclables saved by area citizens and businesses.
2. Conserves and preserves our natural resources by substituting “secondary resources” such as glass, metal, and paper for raw materials extracted from nature.
3. Saves energy by providing manufacturers with materials that have already gone through energy-intensive processes such as wood pulping and ore refining. One good example, aluminum recycling uses only about 5 percent of the energy required for producing aluminum from ore.
4. Reduces air and water pollution, partly by reducing energy consumption and its byproducts, and partly by avoiding raw materials processing and its byproducts. Many recycling processes create less than half the pollution compared to traditional raw materials processing.
Recycling conserves natural resources, saves energy, extends the life of our landfills, and strengthens the Texas economy. According to a 1996 study by the Southern States Energy Board, over 20,200 Texans hold jobs related in collecting, processing, transporting, and manufacturing recyclables. This makes the recycling industry add $2.8 billion in economic value to Texas.
Recycling in Texas is expected to grow state wide by the next three years. Homes in Austin, Texas started the program, hoping that their small doings can help in preserving our natural resources.
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