Don't Let It Go To Waste: Recycling Gives You Money For Your Trash
by Jessica Scott
Take a look at the trash you throw away each day. If you're like most people, a lot of it could be recycled. According to one report, Americans actually throw away more than $11 billion worth of recyclables each year. Some of that money could be yours if you were recycling all your recyclables. Sorting your garbage will help you get your share of the money that's being thrown away each year. If you're not sure what's recyclable or not, take a look at the list below.
Paper
Newspaper isn't the only paper product that's recyclable. You probably throw a lot of recyclable paper products into the trash each day. Before you toss out any more paper, take a look at just a few of the items you could be making money off of.
- Copy paper
- Catalogs
- Phone books
- Junk mail
Cardboard
If you thought corrugated boxes were the only cardboard products you could recycle, you're wrong. If you're like most people, you have a lot of cardboard in your home that could be recycled. Some of those items include pizza boxes, brown paper bags, cereal boxes and shoe boxes. Instead of letting them take up space in your trash can, recycle them and collect some spare cash.
Metal
When you think of recycling, you probably think of aluminum cans. While they do fall in the category of recyclable metals, there are many other metal items that you could be recycling. Items such as aluminum foil and disposable pie plates can be recycled. When it comes to metal, you can even recycle your old pots and pans. Want to find other metals to recycle? Take a look in your backyard. Aluminum lawn chairs and window screen frames can also be recycled.
Glass
While you're collecting items to recycle, you should also grab your empty glass jars. Those can be recycled too. Empty beer bottles, spaghetti sauce jars and even empty baby food jars can all be recycled. It's important to note that before you recycle empty food jars, you should wash them out.
Recycling is a great way to make some extra money and take some pressure of your local landfills. With so much money being thrown away each you, you owe it to yourself to grab some of that cash for your family. For more information on items that you can recycle, be sure to visit a recycling center, such as Main Street Fibers.
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We only have one earth to leave for our grandchildren, so we need to do everything in our power to ensure that it is a healthy environment for them to raise their children in. Do you recycle? If so, do you recycle everything that you could be recycling? Many Americans think that they are doing everything that they can to keep trash out of landfills, but many of them are missing several materials that could be eliminated from the landfill. Visit my site to learn more about those missed or forgotten materials so that you can improve the recycling efforts in your home.