We Have a

Plastic Problem ONLY ABOUT 50%

OF “RECYCLED”
We have a big problem
PLASTIC ACTUALLY
globally when it comes to
the plastics we use!
ENDS UP GETTING
Traditional plastics take
RECYCLED
up to 450 years to natu-
rally break down. That
number seems even
more daunting when you
realize that we have
been mass producing the
stuff for about 70 years
now. STOP
That means some of the
first plastics ever pro- RECYCLING
duced still have about Of all the plastic that
380 years to degrade.
has ever been pro-
It has found it’s way into
duced, over 60% of
everything form the food
we eat to the things we that is still remains on
wear. the Earth today!
 Demand for Recycled believe that recycling in wrong
or it shouldn’t be done. It defi-
Plastics…
nitely SHOULD be done.
Just because you put something
The point of this brochure is to
Maybe in the recycling bin doesn’t mean
help raise awareness of better
that it actually will get recycled. It
Recycling isn’t still needs to be processed and
practices that we can use to
as GREEN as bailed before it can tried to be
help protect this valuable plan-
et we live on.
we think it is... sold for reuse. If no one buys it
though, then it doesn’t get recy-
Production of plastics cled.
causes the release of Reduce & Re-use
Recycling is a billion dollar indus-
green house gasses, The best way for us to fight
try, but the value of it depends
which contributes to cli- this dilemma is to quit adding
on the demand and market for it.
mate change. to the problem.
Up until January 2018 China used
to import and use up to half of We often focus so much on
the worlds recyclables. With them recycling that we forget to re-
cutting back on the demand, the duce our waste and reuse
recycling companies are left with what we can. This can be as
more recyclables then they can simple as avoiding single use
sell. plastic items such as cups,
From all of the plastic straws, and bags.
that is ever produced
I thought I was being There are several ways in
only 9% of that ever
which we can fight this prob-
gets recycled! Green...
lem, but to be effective we will
Don’t let this brochure make you need to do it together.