Lone Star College-Kingwood Hosts National Recycle Day

Published on: November 02, 2012

WHO:		LSC-Kingwood's Environmental Conscious Organization Club and students will participate in recycling games.
WHAT:		Lone Star College-Kingwood's third annual National Recycle Day 2012.
WHEN:		Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
WHERE:		LSC-Kingwood's Performing Arts Center patio. The campus is located at 20000 Kingwood Drive Kingwood, 77339.
WHY:		Recycling is something upon which all can agree. Helping to advance the clean energy economy, recycling is a multi-billion dollar industry that employs millions of Americans. Nonprofit organization As You Sow estimates that the value of discarded packaging in the U.S. is worth 11.4 billion dollars.¹ Recycling 75 percent of the nation's waste will create nearly 1.5 million jobs by 2030, according to the Tellus Institute.²
		¹As You Sow "Unfinished Business: The Case for Extended Producer Responsibility for Post-Consumer Packaging" ²Tellus Institute with Sound Resource Management, "More Jobs, Less Pollution: Growing the Recycling Economy in the U.S." Learn more at AmericaRecyclesDay.org