What's the Loop?
The Loop: The products we buy are part of a process that includes making, using, and recovering them.
If we recycle those products and then buy recycled products, we create a "loop," requiring fewer resources and less energy to make new products.
If we send those products to a landfill or incinerator, most or all the energy and materials that went into making them are wasted.
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