Our goal is to get
one million tons of
paper out of the trash!
Will you join the campaign and do everything you can to help us meet this ambitious goal?

Earth
Recycling paper reduces
global warming!

Paper
It’s not just newspapers anymore!

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Recycling Paper Saves Money!

Each year in Massachusetts we throw away 1.5 million tons of paper and it costs us more than $100 million in disposal fees. We might as well be shredding money!

We face incredible costs to municipal budgets and the environment when we throw away paper. We wouldn’t throw dollar bills in the trash, but that’s what we’re doing when we throw away paper.

Communities pay an average of $75 for each ton of trash that they incinerate or send to the landfill. With rising costs stretching municipal budgets thin, shouldn’t we be putting our tax dollars to better use?

Recycled Paper is Worth Money!

Paper is a valuable commodity. Paper mills in New England and around the world are eager to buy used paper – all kinds of paper -- and give it new life. Paper mills are currently paying as much for paper as it costs to throw it away.

The Newark Group, Recycled Fibers Division operates paper mills in Haverhill and Fitchburg that make game boxes, cereal boxes, pizza boxes and book covers out of recycled paper.

Jobs created by the recycling industry -- from the collectors and processors to manufacturers -- add significantly to the Massachusetts economy. According to MassDEP, nearly 1,500 recycling businesses in the Commonwealth employ a total of 19,500 people and have a combined annual payroll of $557 million.