October 2015
Volume 22 Number 6
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Allegheny County Health Department’s Recycling Resource Directory makes recycling easy When we watch the evening news, we may not believe that anything we do can change the world for the better. Yet did you know that you are doing just that every time you decide to recycle your bottles and cans instead of throwing them in the trash, or when you choose to buy products made with recycled materials? Recycling is one of the best ways for you to have a positive impact on the world in which we live. Recycling is a
daily activity for more than 100 million Americans and a great way to protect our environment and stimulate our economy. It saves resources, prevents pollution, supports public health and creates jobs. Nearly 90 percent of what we throw away could potentially be recovered through reuse, recycling or composting. Throwing everything in the garbage is increasingly not the answer, as this content ends up in a landfill.
These landfills are the largest source of human-caused methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. The EPA admits that all landfill liners will eventually leak and their toxic leachate, or “garbage juice”, can seep into and contaminate soil and groundwater supplies. To understand the value of recycling, first consider the entire lifecycle of the Continued on page 8
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