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Recycling is a continuous loop. After you put materials out for collection, they are picked up, processed, sold to markets and made into new products. These recycled content products then reappear on store shelves...ready for you to buy again!
How do you find them? Look for the chasing arrows (on the bottom or side of the container).
For a full range of available products, ask your merchant to show you recycled-content products that are comparable to ones you already purchase. Remember to look at the level of post–consumer recycled content in a product. This is the material that has been collected from consumers and reprocessed. Manufacturers often include pre–consumer material in their total recycled content calculation: this material includes manufacturing scraps, and other by–products that were never used in the consumer market.
Reasons to Buy Recycled
- Creates Demand for Materials
- Saves Money and Creates Jobs
- Reduces Pollution
- Conserves Energy
- Preserves Natural Resources
Buy Recycled at Work
You can control what you buy for your home…but what about at work? Ask your office manager and/or procurement specialist if your company is buying recycled products. If not, request that they start. Let them know that there are plenty of recycled-content products available, including: paper, plastic pen holders, file folders and more. The quality of such products is the same or better than virgin material. Also, keep in mind that buying recycled-content products will improve the company's image, after all being "Green" is great!
See Also: The Environmental Protection Agency's Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines.
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