One of Texas Recycling’s favorite annual events to recycle paper, cardboard, metal, and more is happening: Texas Recycles Day is November 15, 2024. This special day coincides with America Recycles Day, a nationally recognized day overseen by Keep America Beautiful dedicated to recycling and recycling education. Of course, everything is bigger in the Lone Star State. Texas Recycles Day, overseen by the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR), was established in 1994. But many people may not realize that it was used as the model for the national day, which was first observed in 1997.

Standardizing outreach efforts across the state through days like Texas Recycles Day can greatly impact recycling in Texas. This is important because even though we’ve progressed in recent years, we still have a long way to go. Statistics show that while most Americans support the need to recycle paper, cardboard, metal, and more, the national average recycling rate is only 32%. Furthermore, recycling rates in Texas reveal that it is one of the most wasteful states in the nation. At 23%, the statewide rate falls almost 12 points below the national average (34.7%).

How Texas Communities Benefit From Recycling

• Reducing the amount of waste in landfills
• Reducing and conserving the amount of natural resources utilized
• Reducing the use of virgin materials that need to be manufactured
• Less pollution
• Saving energy
• Creating jobs

Based on the most recent available data, only Austin and Plano exceed the national average mentioned above. We only have one Earth, and we must do our part locally. To learn how to get involved, use the Texas Recycles Day outreach calendar to recycle right all year long.

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Why Is Texas Recycles Day So Valuable?

Texas Recycles Day raises awareness about recycling programs in local municipalities and educates about the benefits of recycling to our communities and environment. These include saving valuable resources, reducing emissions, saving energy, creating jobs, and supporting a circular economy by creating something new. This is true regardless of whether you love to recycle paper, cardboard, metal, plastic, or glass.

Take metal and steel, for example. Steel is a costly and useful material used to manufacture automobiles and household appliances. It is also widely used in the construction industry. The same is true for metal. It’s easily one of the best items to recycle for money. You may already know this if you’ve ever visited a scrap yard for cars or other scrap facilities.

What can you do to observe Texas Recycles Day? On days around November 15, we encourage you to participate in an event in your area. For example:

• Texas Recycles Day at the Heard Museum is slated for November 15, 16 and 17 and is sponsored by H-E-B.
• United Electronic Recycling Day is Plano’s Texas Recycling Day event, slated for 8:30 a.m. to noon on November 9.
• Dallas Farmers Market has a special recycling event on November 16, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, with on-site collection of flexible films and common household plastics, on-site collection of electronics and household appliances, workshop on how to re: Compost, and on-site collection of textiles. Stop by at 920 South Harwood Street, Dallas, TX 75201.

Even if you can’t attend a community event to recycle paper, cardboard, metal, and more, make it a point to recycle and donate items that would otherwise end up in the landfill. Actively seek out recycling centers and information about what can be recycled in your town. Take the pledge to reduce, reuse, and recycle!

Click here to read more about what STAR is doing in November and how you can get involved. You will learn how to recycle and reuse items—and keep them out of the landfills—in your hometown.

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Here are 11 ideas to support Texas Recycles Day:

1. Place accessible recycling bins in your home or office to recycle paper, cardboard, metal, glass, and plastic.
2. Learn about local recycling resources and locations if pick-up is unavailable.
3. Collect recyclables from neighbors and offer to transport them to a collection point.
4. Bring clean, dry plastic bags to your grocery store for recycling.
5. Order pizza! Separate the greasy bottom of the pizza box from the clean top and recycle the top.
6. If you love to recycle metal, bring metal to local recycling yards for payment.
7. Call local scrap metal buyers.
8. Many communities offer curbside pickup for metals, including soda cans, soup cans, and small scrap items.
9. Break down empty cardboard boxes from deliveries and get them in a recycling container.
10. Bring metal hangers back to your dry cleaners, electronics dealers, and more to see if they offer programs.
11. Commercial and industrial businesses that handle truckloads of paper, newsprint, and cardboard can gather all recyclable materials and drop them off at Texas Recycling.

Take the Pledge on Texas Recycles Day to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

Whether you like to recycle paper, cardboard, metal, or something else of value, let’s strive to bring the number of active recyclers higher than the current 32%. Texas Recycles Day only happens once a year, but with continued education and outreach, recycling will become something that happens every day of the year.

Consider these 6 tips to become a recycling star:

1. Take the #BeRecycled Pledge. Commit to reducing, reusing, and recycling throughout the year.
2. Learn how to Reduce Waste, Reuse Materials, and Recycle properly.
3. Purchase products with recycled content.
4. Learn about recycling programs in your town. Find out what is accepted, where, and how.
5. Recycle at home, at the office, on the go, and throughout your community. Place recycling bins near trash bins to make it convenient and easy.
6. Share your knowledge with others and our future generation of recyclers. Become an advocate for recycling and protecting the environment.

Texas Recycling in Dallas Supports Texas Recycles Day

Include Texas Recycling in your celebration of Texas Recycles Day by starting a recycling program for your company. We offer customized recycling solutions for commercial and industrial clients who want to recycle responsibly and affordably, reduce waste, and earn revenue for supplying tons of recyclable materials.

Texas Recycling is dedicated to improving the environment by providing the highest-quality recycling services in the D/FW Metroplex. Our creative solutions help companies embrace environmental responsibility and sustainability. Texas Recycling also puts a priority on quality customer service. To learn more about commercial and industrial long-term recycling opportunities for your business, call us at 214-357-0262.

From scheduled pickups for large commercial entities to our Public Buy Back Center for individuals and smaller businesses, we have a recycling solution to meet your needs.

Help the environment and your bottom line by calling Texas Recycling at 214-357-0262 to get started on a commercial recycling or industrial recycling program for your organization.