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Recycling For the Environment and Profit

<p>One of the things that is on the minds of a lot of people is the environment&period; The advice to Reduce&comma; Reuse and the ever popular Recycling has been taken to heart by a large number of the population&period; They attempt to purchase items without a lot of packaging and&comma; when possible&comma; reuse a great many things to keep them out of the landfills&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;12&sol;recycling-truck&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Recycle garbage truck" width&equals;"491" height&equals;"244" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10322" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This has generated a lot of commerce and not a few jobs when it comes to the industry created by this need to recycle&period; Turning it into something else entirely is what this is all about&period; Everyone has heard about newspapers being turned into more newspapers and tin cans into more tin cans&period; To address one of the many rumors&semi; these cans usually do not find themselves made into cars or trucks&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;A Short List of Recyclable Items You Can Get Rid Of<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>•&Tab;Newspaper can be gathered up and placed alongside trash in a majority of the communities across the country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>•&Tab;Glass jars and bottles can be placed with other recyclables and these are ground up and made into pellets to allow for other bottles and jars to be made&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>•&Tab;Cardboard is highly sought as the fiber content in these can be used for a whole host of recyclable items such as new boxes and even paper&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>•&Tab;Used motor oil makes a low price alternative for farm equipment&comma; lawnmowers and other smaller engines and for the lubrication of electric motors and other moving parts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>•&Tab;Plastic is a recycling nightmare&comma; however&comma; it is done in many areas&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>•&Tab;Metal of all kinds are valuable&period; Magnetic or ferrous metals are melted down and used for any number of other metal parts&period; Nonferrous or nonmagnetic items&comma; such as aluminum&comma; brass and copper&comma; to name just a few&comma; are used in the same way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Removing all of this material from the waste stream will assist in protecting the environment from the bulk this represents&period; All of the above&comma; especially the oil and&comma; to some degree&comma; the metal pieces will have substances that should not go into the ground water&period; Even the paper with all of the ink on it will have very bad effects on this source of water for all in the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It also saves the neighborhood from paper debris flying around and becoming unsightly&period; It can clear up any number of square feet of storage space in your garage&comma; shed or pantry&period; It is also part of what everyone can do to make their part of this world a cleaner place&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;The recycling for profit part<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The need for the recycling of all of these types of material makes this a way of creating a small side business for individuals who need a couple of extra dollars each month&period; In most large communities there are recycling plants that will purchase the material you bring in&period; This is helpful as it provides an incentive for people to do what they should be doing all along&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These recycling plants will pay for a good portion of all of the things that are listed above&period; Some of them will concentrate only on newspapers&comma; however&comma; others will take glass&comma; tin cans and cardboard&period; Some of them will want a certain amount before they will pay for it but there are many people who have organized this to make a good living&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recycling is a way to look out for the environment and still make a living&period; Take a look at the for-profit recycling company&comma; Angel Bins&period; They can point with pride that they are able to do something about both issues&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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