The Cape May County MUA is asking shoppers to look carefully at
the products and packaging they purchase. The Authority encourages you to
"Invest in Futures...BUY RECYCLED!" There are many recycled
products already on store shelves, for example, detergent and shampoo packaged
in recycled plastic containers, plastic bags that are made with recycled
plastic, greeting cards and notebook paper. Tissue products made from
recycled magazines and office paper rather then trees.
Each week families all over Cape May County set out recyclables for
collection. We call this "recycling," however; it's just the
first step in the process. Waste materials are thrown into a truck and
hauled away to be recycled. The cans, bottles and paper are not really
recycled until they are made into a new product and someone buys them back, and
uses them again.
Some recyclables (glass, jars, aluminum cans) appear on store shelves looking
just like they did the first time we used loop recycling. Other
recyclables like plastic bottles are remanufactured into very different products
and may have several "reincarnations" before final disposal.
This is called cascade recycling. In either case, it's important that we
buy products and packaging that have recycled content.
For further information call:
CMCMUA (609)465-9026
