{"id":45664,"date":"2013-11-15T09:58:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T17:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=45664"},"modified":"2015-02-14T22:52:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T06:52:11","slug":"today-is-america-recycles-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/11\/15\/today-is-america-recycles-day\/","title":{"rendered":"America Recycles Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Waste Management of the Antelope Valley<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/recycling-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-45665\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/recycling-day-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"recycling day\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/recycling-day-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/recycling-day.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>America Recycles Day (ARD) is on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, and its spirit is celebrated throughout November and December.\u00a0 What can we do as individuals and as a community to support the goals of ARD in increasing recycling and improving the environment?<\/p>\n<p>Waste Management of the Antelope Valley offers tips to residents on how to recycle often and how to recycle the right way. \u201cWe want to spread the word about recycling each and every day of the year, and America Recycles Day provides a window in which to do this by encouraging environmental stewardship,\u201d said Sandra Pursley of Waste Management.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Here are three recycling tips:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Take a moment to stop and think before you toss<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><strong>.<\/strong> Almost anything you throw away can be recycled in some way \u2013 paper, plastic, aluminum, food waste, glass, and even electronics. Please review Waste Management of the Antelope Valley\u2019s <\/span><a style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wm.com\/location\/california\/antelope-valley\/lancaster\/residential\/recycling.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">recycling guidelines<\/a><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Get creative<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><strong>.<\/strong> Think about new uses for cans, bottles and paper. These materials are perfect for art projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Raise awareness<\/strong><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0 Be a recycling ambassador in the Antelope Valley and promote good recycling habits wherever you go. Tell your friends and family to recycle more items and to recycle them the right way.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to raise awareness about the benefits of recycling,\u201d stated Pursley. \u201cPeople who recycle are doing their part to save energy, conserve natural resources, and create green jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Did you know?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a light bulb for 20 hours, a computer for three hours or a TV for two hours.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Recycled aluminum can be turned into pie pans, house siding, small appliances or even lawn furniture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Every ton of plastic bottles recycled saves about 3.8 barrels of oil.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">If every household in the U.S. recycled just three more plastic bottles, we could divert more than 23 million pounds of plastic from our landfills and increase the amount of recycled plastic used to manufacture new bottles.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The message can be simple, Recycle Often. Recycle Right.You can share this message 365 days a year within your local community.\u00a0 You can also encourage residents to share the creative ways they recycle on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WasteManagement\" target=\"_blank\">www.Facebook.com\/WasteManagement<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook\/AmericaRecyclesDay\" target=\"_blank\">www.Facebook\/AmericaRecyclesDay<\/a>. To find out more about what materials can become if they are recycled the right way; visit <a href=\"http:\/\/iwanttoberecycled.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">iwanttoberecycled.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<h4><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Disclaimer<\/span>: The views expressed in this article are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The AV Times.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><em>Email <a href=\"mailto:letters@theavtimes.com\">letters@theavtimes.com<\/a> to submit a story to <em>Your Issues | Your News<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Waste Management of the Antelope Valley America Recycles Day (ARD) is on Friday, Nov. 15, 2013, and its spirit is celebrated throughout November and December.\u00a0 What can we do as individuals and as a community to support the goals of ARD in increasing recycling and improving the environment? 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