With the involvement and enthusiasm of people like you,
recycling is possible and so is the production of thousands upon
thousands of recycled products made from materials that
would otherwise be piling up in our nation's landfills.
It doesn't just make sense.
It makes a huge difference to our environment, our
quality of life, and our planet's future.
How It Works:
There are three parts to the recycling process, each
one essential to making the system work:
collection, manufacturing, and buying. These three
components are interlocked; they must all work together.
Collection - Don't send recyclables to the
landfill.
In this phase, materials are
separated from the waste stream and prepared to become
raw materials. Different cities and municipalities have
different systems for sorting and collecting materials
that can be recycled. Most communities now have
recycling bins for curbside collection, or recycling
stations where the materials can be taken.
[ecopak™
 packaging
can be recycled together with
PET
bottles]
Manufacturing – Use recycled materials instead of
virgin raw materials.
Recovering the materials is
just the first step. There must also be a market for it-
companies that want the materials and are able to
remanufacture them into consumer products. Sometimes
these companies have to invest a significant amount of
money in adapting their manufacturing processes to
accommodate the use of recycled materials in their
products. Here is where
easypak™
contributes to the process.
easypak™
adapted its manufacturing process to use recycled
post-consumer PET in order to produce useful new
packaging.
Buying - "Close the loop" by buying products with
recycled content.
In order to make recycling
economically viable, there must be a market for recycled
products. If people buy them, companies will be
encouraged to make them, and the whole system works.
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