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The most common myths about recycling  
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There are many myths about recycled products, highlighting the need to provide people with up-to-date information to encourage a change in buying patterns.

	Myth # 1: Recycled Products are poor quality. In reality, products like aluminium and glass can be recycled repeatedly without a loss in quality.
	Myth # 2: Recycled Products are too expensive. In reality, recycled products should not cost more (save those requiring economies of scale, for which the answer is buy more recycled products!)
	Myth # 3: The Product range is too small and hard to find. In reality, recycled products are increasingly becoming more widespread.
	Myth # 4: Recycled Products are not attractive. In reality, the days of grey and grainy recycled paper or flimsy plastic are gone and it is impossible to distinguish between recycled and non recycled items.
	Myth # 5: Recycled Products consume more energy and resources than a product made from primary raw materials. In reality, many recycled products offer significant savings in terms of energy and water as well as potentially significant reductions in raw material usage. It is estimated that to manufacture 1 ton of recycled paper results in 74% less air pollution and 34% less water pollution.
	Myth #6: The modern recycling movement is a product of a false "crisis" in landfill space created by the media and environmentalists. In reality, the greatest environmental benefits of recycling occur in reducing natural resource damage and pollution that arise when extracting virgin raw materials and manufacturing new products.
	Myth #7: Landfills are innocuous. In reality, landfills can be major sources of water and air pollution.
	Myth #8: Landfill space is cheap and abundant. In reality, landfill space is a commodity, priced according to supply and demand and the majority of the growth of recycling in the United States has occurred in populated regions where landfills are expensive relative to the U.S. average.
	Myth #9: There are no markets for recyclable materials. In reality, recycling is not just an alternative to traditional solid waste disposal, it is the foundation for large, robust manufacturing industries in the United States that use recyclable materials.
	Myth #10: Recycling doesn't "save trees" because we are growing at least as many trees as we cut specifically to make paper. In reality, recycling reduces the pressure to turn natural forests into tree farms, creating substantial environmental and economic benefits.

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