Recycling = Economic Development
A point we always like to drive home is that recycling has major environmental impacts. By recycling consumer packages — plastic bottles, jugs, and clamshell containers; glass bottles and jars; cartons; metal cans; paper and cardboard — it reduces disposal in landfills and helps protect the environment from decomposing materials affecting our climate. What’s not to like? Another positive impact that recycling has on our community is economic development. When we recycle, our local economy thrives due to the creation of private-sector jobs. Recycling creates jobs for collection centers, haulers, processors, and manufacturers that use recycling as raw material.
Examples of this can be found throughout Arkansas.
- When you recycle glass, it supports the jobs created by the glass recycling plant located in North Little Rock. You can be a part of turning glass into jobs right here in Pulaski County by gathering your glass bottles and jars and then placing them in your curbside recycling cart. Easy as that!
- Another way to help jobs in Arkansas is by recycling your old tires. By doing this, it supports jobs at local steel mills located in Northeast Arkansas. You can drop off your tires at designated locations throughout the state. And car dealers and tire retailers recycle your old tires when you buy new ones. To find a drop-off location near you visit TiresBeGone.com. Help us drive up economic development in Pulaski Country and throughout Arkansas by recycling and staying up to date on what you can recycle at MyDoRight.com.