8:10am | Today is America Recycles Day (ARD), the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products.
The purpose of ARD is to continue to promote the social, environmental, and economic benefits of recycling, and encourage more people to join the movement toward creating a better natural environment. While recycling is promoted heavily at the national level, it’s an absolute priority here in California. The State legislature recently adopted goals for Californians to divert 75% of all municipal solid waste away from landfills — and recycling is critical toward that achievement.
Many often forget that it is not just soda cans and root beer bottles that need to be recycled; computers, cell phones, and even paint are amongst many of the products that we must be more aware of recycling.
To search all of Long Beach’s recycling centers for what they recycle, visit www.Earth911.com and enter your search query.