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�1 <br /> Economic Benefits <br /> From the April 8thMashpee Enterprise: <br /> "!n 2010...the Town made $17,000 by <br /> recycling cardboard, scrap metal and the <br /> variety -of materials collected under the Town's <br /> `single stream' program. Recycling also <br /> allowed the Town to avoid paying $87,,000 if <br /> the material had been thrown away as trash <br /> instead" <br /> That's nearly a $100,000 net savings. <br /> Imagine what can be saved if we increase <br /> our recycling efforts! <br /> Goal: Increase recycling participation and to decrease the amount of trash generated" <br /> Environmental Benefits-- <br /> It, <br /> takes 95% less energy to recycle <br /> aluminum.than it does to make it from raw <br /> materials. This energy savings is enough <br /> to run a TV for 3 hours. <br /> Recycling one ton of newspaper saves the <br /> energy equivalent of 100 gallons of <br /> gasoline. It also saves 17 trees! <br /> Goal:"Increase recycling participation and to decrease the amount of trash generated" <br />