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You just took out your water bottle to take a sip of water. You figured out that you ran out of water. When you are about to throw that plastic bottle away, rethink first. If you recycle that bottle, you could help the environment by not adding to the wastelands. To add to that, you could even earn money from recycling. Even though most people don't see that recycling could help the environment or think that it works, I want to suggest that we should keep the recycling program because it helps you save money, it is convenient, and it helps reduce waste that was produced by consumers like us.

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First of all, you can save money from recycling. According to the article, "Is Recycling Worth it?", the author states that, "'NYC earns a floor of $10 per ton for recycled paper, which means that we save $86 per ton in landfill disposal savings and earn a minimum of $10 per ton,' Gonen said." As a result, it shows that recycling paper can lead to gaining and saving money for doing a good deed. Furthermore, by recycling, you're not only helping the environment, but your also helping yourself.

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More importantly, many people think recycling is more convenient even in cities that send out trucks house to house to pick up recycle. For example in the article, "Pro/Con: Should the U.S scrap the recycling program?", the author claims that a number of states mandate recycling, but they don't enforce their laws, yet in most cases they offer few incentives to recycle. This evidence is important to consider because it shows how both states and cities take recycling seriously. Clearly then, its is an important incentive to encourage people to recycle.

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Not to mention the most important reason of all, as Americans, we consume and waste a lot. Since 1960 and 2013, the amount of municipal solid waste produced annually has tripled, totaling to be 254 million tons. That's 4.4 pounds per person every day. For instance, the article titled, "Pro/Con: Should the U.S. Scrap the Recycling Program?" the author states "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports that we need to to recycle 99 percent of lead acid batteries, 67 percent of paper, and 55 percent of aluminum cans. Yet, we recycle only 40 percent of electronics such as cellphones and computers, only 34 percent of glass containers and just 30 percent of plastic bottles and jars." This is important to consider because we are in the early stages of an important sustainability tradition that will focus on efficiency throughout a product life cycle, reducing the environmental impact, and rethinking business and household consumption. As a result we, as Americans, should be able to do better than this.

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Some opponents might contend that recycling is unprofitable and inefficacious; if communities keep up with the recycling programs, they would have to pay for it themselves. However, that is not true. In fact, there is a solution to paying for this program. According to "PRO/CON: Should the U.S. scrap the recycling program?" the author proclaims, "We could follow the lead of the most innovative cities by putting a price on trash. If people have to pay more, they will find ways to reduce the amount of trash they throw out, as will businesses, and the fees can cover the cost of recycling programs." In addition, paying people for recycling encourages people to recycle their so called "trash". A final reason, is that these fess would reduce extra packaging and wasted food. Clearly then, we now can see why we shouldn't scrap the recycling system because the real point to consider is that there is a solution to the money problems, it encourages people to recycle, and it reduces extra packaging along with wasted food.

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In conclusion,  I believe that we should keep the recycling program because it helps you save money, it is convenient, and it helps reduce waste produced by consumers. From the calculations I made and in my honest opinion, if the recycling program is cut, that can have a major impact towards our environment. Recycling can help reduce greenhouse gases and global warming . Overall, recycling can have a big effect on everyday life. It can cause many of the world's problems to go away.

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Newsela | PRO/CON: Should the U.S. scrap the recycling program?

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Those blue bins have earned their fair share of critics over the years, but some environmentalists say don’t give up yet