Happy America Recycles Day (ARD)
Friday, Nov. 13th marks the 12th annual America Recycles Day (ARD). I would like to welcome all UNC Chapel Hill ARD participants on behalf of Intra-Mail Network!
In 1993 the Texas Recycling Coalition developed a program called “Texas Recycles Day”. This statewide event was designed to put recycling in the spotlight, and though it took four years for the program to go nationwide, Texas Recycles Day was the model for the national program.
Since its inception in 1997, the ARD campaign has promoted “the social, environmental and economic benefits of recycling and encouraged more people to join the movement toward creating a better natural environment.”
Twenty years ago, only 1,000 curbside recycling programs were available in the U.S. Today, over 10,000 curbside programs help over 82 million tons of materials have another chance at a useful life, saving billions of gallons of energy and millions of dollars in energy every year. Americans only recycle 1.5 pounds of the 4.6 pounds they generate on average each day. That means that you trash over 1,100 pounds of waste annually. The beauty of recycling lies in its simplicity. When you tossing your everyday (recyclable) waste in the proper bin, you take trash and turn it into jobs, products and processes that not only boost our economy, but improve the health of the planet.
Intra-Mail Network takes recycling to another level in that we consider the necessity of the waste that will be created before we create it! Thank you for visiting www.wastefreemail.com and I look forward to reading your thoughts, concerns, and comments!