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The Gray Cart is for your recyclable materials. These materials will be sold and made into new products.
The Green Cart is for your yard waste. This material will be composted.
The Brown Cart is for your non-recyclable waste. These materials will be sent to a landfill.
It's true and it's a California law! Cities that don't meet this 50% recycling minimum are subject to fines and penalties from the State of California. Help the City of Compton avoid these fines, keep your trash collection rates low, and most importantly - HELP SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT! Recycle Today!!
Recycling Saves Energy!
Manufacturing products from recycled materials requires 60 to 95% less energy versus making these same products from virgin materials. For example, the same amount of energy saved by recycling 1 aluminum soda can is enough to power your TV for 3 hours!.
Recycling Reduces Pollution!
Using less energy reduces emissions of greenhouse gases linked to climate change. For example, producion of recycled content paper uses 65% less energy, 80% less water, and produces 95% less air pollution than paper produced from wood pulp!
Recycling Conserves Natural Resources!
By providing recycled materials for manufacturing new products, recycling saves over one million barrels of petroleum used to make plastic bottles. By using recycled paper, we save over one million trees a year in the United States!
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Does Recycling Really Help the Environment?
Compton has to recycle 50% of its waste.
