How does recycling glass bottles and cardboard save society?

After nearly 30 years of recycling, consumers in the region will be throwing away glass bottles and jars. Waste ... “Glass, cardboard, metal, aluminum cans are not worth what they used to be,” Geesaman said. ... “We will keep our customers informed should the circumstances change in Chambersburg.”. read more

Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy needed to make new cardboard. Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil. Over 90% of all products shipped in the US are shipped in corrugated boxes, which totals more than 400 billion square feet of cardboard. Nearly 80% of all retailers and grocers recycle their cardboard. read more

For instance, you can keep recycled cardboard boxes for occasions when you need to ship things to relatives and friends. For the society at large, recycling creates long term investment value at low upfront cost. read more

Once you exclude paper products and metals, the total annual savings in the United States from recycling everything else in municipal trash — plastics, glass, food, yard trimmings, textiles, rubber, leather — is only two-tenths of 1 percent of America’s carbon footprint. read more