Making Recycling Work

Boosting the rate of recycling in this country and increasing the use of recycled material in building products has remained an uphill challenge for one primary reason: we undervalue energy and virgin resources. Leading-edge “green” companies that strive to maximize use of recycled content do so for many reasons: because it helps them meet corporate sustainability goals, because architects ask for recycled materials to achieve LEED ^® credits, or because government programs mandate the use of such materials.
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