Where Does it Go?
Tucson Recycles features an authorized list of recyclable materials, which the City collects from the blue recycling barrels and neighborhood recycling centers each week. These commodities are delivered to Waste Management Recycle America, a local materials recovery facility. There, the materials are sorted, baled and shipped to the manufacturers listed below to be made into new products. For the last 12 months, our recyclables have sustained a market value of over $70 per ton. From their sale, the City of Tucson share is around $1 million dollars, besides the saving of expensive landfill capacity.
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Commodity
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Cardboard, newspaper, magazines |
Cardboard, box board, blank newsprint |
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Cardboard |
Packaging boxes, box liners, shoe paper (inserted inside new shoes) |
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Office paper, white ledger paper, colored paper |
Tissue paper, white coating on cardboard |
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Phone books |
Building/construction insulation |
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Aluminum cans |
Can sheet used to make new cans |
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Glass food & beverage containers |
Glassphalt |
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Tin cans |
90% made into new steel; 10% sold to copper industry |
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#1 PETE plastic bottles & jars |
Polyester fiber to make comforters, pillows, clothing or carpet |
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#2 HDPE plastic bottles & jars |
Drainage pipes, flower pots, other plastic items |
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Milk cartons, drink boxes |
Writing paper |
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Chipboard/paperboard (like cereal boxes) |
Filler medium for cardboard |
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