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Please see EPA's Climate Change site for current information on climate change and global warming. EPA no longer updates EPA's Global Warming Site, but is maintaining this archive for historical purposes. Thank you for visiting the archive of EPA's Global Warming Site.
Climate Change & Waste
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Everyone knows that reducing waste is good for the environment. What most people don’t know is that solid waste reduction and recycling help address global climate change. How? By decreasing the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that are linked to everyday trash.
The manufacture, distribution, and use of products – as well as management of the resulting waste – all result in greenhouse gas emissions. Waste prevention and recycling reduce greenhouse gases associated with these activities by reducing methane emissions, saving energy, and increasing forest carbon sequestration.
For more information on waste and climate change, please see the Basic Information page of this site.
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