America Recycles Day – Get Involved!

For the past 15 years, U.S. communities have joined together to celebrate America Recycles Day on November 15th. Thousands of events are planned nationwide with the goal of educating, motivating and getting our communities excited about making recycling an everyday part of our lives.

As a rule of thumb it is much better to reduce and reuse then recycle but that doesn’t mean it isn’t just as important to participate in recycling in your community. Perhaps you aren’t satisfied with your community’s recycling program or you wish your child’s school would become more involved in recycling, then this is a great chance to get involved!

Here are some ways you and your family can get involved:
– Host an event
– Join an event
– Take the pledge
– Find recycling

Here is the pledge America Recycles Day is hoping you will take:

The national recycling rate has increased every year since 1980.

The current recycling rate is 34%.

JOIN US IN RECYCLING MORE.

For America Recycles Day 2012, I pledge to:

Learn. I will find out what materials are collected for recycling in my community at americarecyclesday.org.

Act. Reduce my personal waste by recycling. Within the next month, I will recycle more.

Let’s work together to make recycling bigger and better in 2012.

Here are 15 tips to renew your commitment to recycling.

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