Close the Loop collects recyclable waste materials and manufactures new products from them in the US. They organize community events to encourage recycling and purchasing recycled products. According to the EPA, large amounts of plastics, glass, and tires are generated as waste in the US each year, but recycling rates remain low. Close the Loop turns these materials into fencing, garden items, playground surfaces and more. They believe manufacturing recycled products in the US creates jobs and benefits the economy and environment long-term by using waste as a resource instead of trash.
2. Close the Loop
What are the biggest waste problems out there,
and who is solving them?
Made in USA
Triple bottom line ~ People, Planet, Profit
Organized free community events
GIVE & TAKE DAY and WEBSITE BUILDING workshops.
3. To truly “close the loop”,
we need to do 3 things:
1) Collect: recycle our waste
2) Manufacture: make something new out of it
3) Purchase: buy recycled
4. According to the EPA, the waste materials
generated in the US annually:
Plastics - 30 million tons of plastic waste (nearly 60
billion pounds). Only 7% of plastic waste was recycled
in 2006
Glass – 13.2 million tons of glass, about 22 % recycled
Tires – 290 million tires in the US, 12 million in
Pennsylvania alone.
14. Tires can be turned into
playground surfacing, horse
footing, rubber timbers &
tiles…
15. • Manufacturing jobs have dropped
to their lowest level since 1941,
below 9% of workforce for the first
time.
• We believe we need to get back to
manufacturing in the USA, and
support these manufacturers by
purchasing and using their recycled
products.
16. Impacts of Buying
US Made Recycled Products
Investing in American made products creates jobs
Sets a good example & helps our economy
Long-term economic and environmental benefits.
What better raw material to use than our waste
materials transformed into a valuable resource ~ in
nature there is no waste.