Wentzville Trash & Recycling Guide - The City of Wentzville | Missouri

Why Recycle?
Recycling may seem like an unappealing chore and a waste of time. But
recycling makes a difference in our community—financially and
environmentally:
Stabilizes Waste Collection Costs – It costs $35/ton to dispose your
waste at a landfill. When you recycle, there is no disposal cost…in fact
we can generate $15/ton in revenue for our recyclables. You do the
math!
Recycling Creates Jobs – In St. Louis, 16,000 men and women are
employed at 1,500 recycling businesses. The recycling industry hires
more than chemical manufacturing; and double what utility companies
employ locally. Nationally, recycling creates 1.1 million jobs. With
$236 Billion in annual gross revenue, this represents a significant force
in the U.S. economy (EPA).
Conservation of Resources – On average, Americans generate four
pounds of trash every day. In Wentzville, this translates to 29,200,000
pounds of trash generated every year. We exhaust our resources like
we have an endless supply. In reality, our planet has finite resources.
Only we can change our future.
Conservation of Landfill Space –There may be a lot of land to build
new landfills, but who wants to live near one? Once landfills are full,
transporting waste further away will be more costly and use more
energy in the future.
Energy Conservation– In all cases, it takes less energy to make a
product out of recyclable material than out of virgin material. Recycling
frees up energy resources for more deserving causes.
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