• NORTH AMERICANS generate approximately 2.7 kg (5.9 lbs.) of garbage each day. 30% of that is valuable recyclable material (0.81 kg per day) that should not be going to municipal landfills.
• In 1 week, a family of 4 will discard approximately 3.24 kg (7.14 lbs.) of valuable plastic material into the Blue Bin.
• Recycling Collectors, or MRFs on average, only retrieve approximately 10% after the materials collected in a Blue Bin, with the remaining 90% which is hauled and dumped in the municipal landfills.
• The cost to the taxpayer increases every year, without any signs of reduction.
• Recycling Statistics Predict that if this remains uncontrolled, waste in each community will increase by up 70% in 2050.
• The United Nations, along with 193 members, set a goal of “Net Zero Plastic by 2030”.
• In order to Achieve this goal, we need to STOP the ways that Recycling is practiced, and we MUST CHANGE how we deal with the HUGE PROBLEM.

Sources:

             https://www.crcresearch.org/solutions-agenda/waste

             https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/

             https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-reducing-waste/reduce-plastic-waste.html