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Recycling is important to help preserve the environment and your health. It is crucial to recycle your garbage as it is one of the simplest yet effective things you can do to keep the environment clean. Recycling, in simple words, means transforming all garbage into reusable materials.

You can save up on money and time aside from helping the environment. Here are some tips for you: 

• Buy paper that has been recycled and print on both sides. Print on both sides of the paper you use in the office, and then recycle it when you’re done. 
• Don’t throw away old technology. The EPA says that each year, Americans throw away two million tons of electronic waste. Don’t add to that waste by throwing away your old technology. Instead, recycle it. 
• Make it easy to find recycling bins. Make sure you have recycling bins for paper, plastic, and metal at home and at the office. Keep them in plain sight and label them correctly. Sometimes the only thing that matters is how easy it is. 
• Recycle your empty cartridges for ink and toner. Every second of every day, almost eight cartridges are thrown away in the United States. That’s nearly 700,000 cartridges every single day. 
• Buy ink and toner cartridges that have been remade. Each cartridge that is remanufactured keeps about 2.5 pounds of metal and plastic out of landfills and saves about 0.5 gallons of oil. 
• Buy batteries that can be recharged. One rechargeable battery can last 1,000 times longer than a regular battery. Recycle your batteries when you are done with them. 
• Buy CDs and DVDs that can be written over so you can use them for different projects. 
• Use your coffee cup more than once. Or, even better, buy a mug so you don’t have to waste paper or Styrofoam.
• Recycle the old newspapers that are lying around the office. When you’re done reading the paper, you can either leave it for someone else to read or throw it away. 
• Look for items that can be recycled in everything you buy. Paper isn’t the only thing that can be recycled.