Recycling provides many benefits for both our country and planet. For every one ton of paper that we recycle, it saves seventeen trees, creates three more jobs, and is the equivalent of 185 gallons of gasoline. (Fun Recycling Facts) If the entire country recycled paper, than it would add up to many tons of paper, meaning an abundance of trees saved, more jobs produced, and many gallons of gasoline saved. There are many recycling programs that exist in the United States. There are around 8,660 curbside recycling programs, and 3,510 community compost programs. This is great, but with all of the communities that exist in the United States, this number needs to be a little higher in order to be more affective. We need to start additional recycling programs in communities because the number of landfills that exist in the United States is rapidly declining. In 1998 there were over 8,000 landfills in the US, in 2007 there were only 1,754.(Recycling) For the amount of people, in the United States, only 1,700 landfills is not close to the amount needed for the amount of waste that we produce. "Recycling a material provides a fresh supply of the same product. By recycling we would not need many landfills, and it would create many more jobs, and would help the environment."(Jessica Winter)
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