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Conserves resources: Recycling plastic milk bottles provides an
environmentally friendly feedstock for making new products and substitutes
recycled material for an equivalent amount of virgin plastic. Recycling a
ton of plastic bottles saves the equivalent of 3.8 barrels of oil.
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Helps the environment: Plastic bottle recycling reduces greenhouse
gas emissions by substituting recycled resin for new resin. In addition,
bottles are bulky and each bottle recycled saves landfill space.
Saves schools money on disposal costs: Throwing away bottles or cartons
costs money; schools pay for trash disposal by the cubic yard. Recycling
bottles may reduce trash volume between nine percent and 20 percent
according to National Dairy Council? pilot tests.
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Creates the volume needed to have a viable recycling program: Plastic milk bottles
can easily be recycled and can be the one item that makes enough critical mass to be
worthwhile for a recycling company to work with your district for no or very low cost.
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