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Recycling is a major component of Michigan waste reduction efforts. It is often the first step businesses take toward a more efficient and cleaner operation. It is also a popular, positive way individuals can protect their environment and reduce the impact of climate change.
A few of the many environmental and economic benefits of recycling are:

- Minimizing the need to harvest and mine virgin materials thus preventing habitat and natural area destruction and disruption.

- Creating more jobs than managing waste does, resulting in stronger local economies.

- Diverting waste from landfills, extending their useful lives.

• Benefits of Recycling

• Recycling Mission and Goal

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• Volume to Weight Conversion Table	• Michigan State Government Recycling Program
• U.S. EPA Municipal Solid Waste Facts and Figures	• Michigan Solid Waste Policy-2007
• Recycling 101 or The Basics of Recycling	• Automobile Recycling
• Map of Recycling, Composting and Household Hazardous Waste Contacts	• Recycled Materials Market Directory (RMMD)
• Recycling-Composting-Household Hazardous Waste Clip Art	• Michigan Materials Exchange Service

• Green Marketing

• Michigan Recycling Videos

• Commercial/Industrial/Institutional Recycling

• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)

• Bottle Bill Information

• Composting

• Residential Recycling

• Plastics

• Paper

• Packaging

• Metals

• Glass

• Electric Lamps

• Setting Up a Business Recycling Program

• Textiles

• 8th International Electronics Recycling Congress
January 21-29, 2009
Salzburg, Austria

• U.S. Composting Council 17th Annual Conference & Trade Show
January 26-29, 2009
Houston, Texas

• 2009 North American Plastics Recycling Conference
February 24-25, 2009
Orlando, Florida

• Michigan Recycling Coalition 27th Annual Conference and Business Recycling Expo: Gateway to Green
May 19-21, 2009
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan


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