“OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN DESERVE A WORLD WITHOUT POLLUTION.” We belong in your Trash! We belong in your Recycling! RECYCLING IS IN TROUBLE LET’S SAVE - and WE NEED YOUR HELP - For more than 10 years, China has imported nearly half of America’s plastic, cardboard, and mixed paper recyclables. NOT ANY MORE! Due to the excessive contamination issues, China is putting its foot down and has banned “dirty recycling” from entering their country. This ban is called - Operation National Sword - and has resulted in millions of tons of recycling material with nowhere to go. Now where will our recyclables go? - Good Question! Recycling haulers are now being faced with high fees for contaminated items. “Dirty Recycling” is being rejected at the facilities all together, and then must be disposed as trash. Unless WE get better about what is put in the recycle bin, things will only get worse, and eventually a lot of what you recycle could end up in a landﬁll. #ThinkBeforeYouThrow TOGETHER MOTHER EARTH All reyclable items should be rinsed and free of any food residue before placing in your bin. Styrofoam, Diapers, Syringes, Lights Bulbs belong in your trash and are not recyclable. Plastic Bags can be recycled at your local grocery store. #PlasticBagProblems Never put batteries in your trash can or recycling bin. Think Before You Throw! In the past 5 years, the quality of Recycling has been reduced tremendously due to contamination. - You may think we all recycle, but we are doing it wrong. - Recycling carts, bins, and dumpsters get ﬁlled with non-recyclable items every day. This happens not only with our customers, but it’s happening nationwide. When recycling gets contaminated, it can’t be used to make new products. Recycling is a Commodity ONLY IF WE WORK TOGETHER CAN WE ACHIEVE A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT. Education is Key Contamination Ruins Recycling

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Page 1: recycling is in trouble5 - American Disposal · and has resulted in millions of tons of recycling material with nowhere to go. Now where will our recyclables go? - Good ... facilities

“OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN DESERVE A WORLD WITHOUT POLLUTION.”

We belong in your Trash!

We belong in your Recycling!

RECYCLING IS IN TROUBLE

LET’S SAVE

- and WE NEED YOUR HELP -

For more than 10 years, China has imported nearly half of America’s plastic, cardboard, and mixed paper recyclables. NOT ANY MORE!Due to the excessive contamination issues, China is putting its foot down and has banned “dirty recycling” from entering their country.This ban is called - Operation National Sword -and has resulted in millions of tons of recyclingmaterial with nowhere to go.

Now where will our recyclables go? - GoodQuestion! Recycling haulers are now being faced with high fees for contaminated items. “Dirty Recycling” is being rejected at the facilities all together, and then must be disposed as trash. Unless WE get better about what is put in the recycle bin, things will only get worse, and eventually a lot of what you recycle could end up in a land�ll. #ThinkBeforeYouThrow

TOGETHERMOTHER EARTH

All reyclable items should be rinsed and free of any food residue before placing in your bin.

Styrofoam, Diapers, Syringes, Lights Bulbs belongin your trash and are not recyclable.

Plastic Bags can be recycled at your local grocerystore. #PlasticBagProblems

Never put batteries in your trash can or recyclingbin.

Think Before You Throw !

In the past 5 years, the quality of Recycling has been reduced tremendously due to contamination. - You may think we all recycle, but we are doing it wrong. - Recycling carts, bins, and dumpstersget �lled with non-recyclable items every day. This happens not only with our customers, but it’s happening nationwide. When recycling gets contaminated, it can’t be used to make new products.

Recycling is a Commodity

ONLYIF WE WORK TOGETHERCAN WE ACHIEVE

A CLEANERENVIRONMENT.

Education is Key

Contamination Ruins Recycling