1. Candace Bryant
St. Petersburg College
GEB3213-4853

2. •Recycling benefit local economies and creates jobs
• Recycling efforts help to reduce pollution,
•Recycling cuts the quantity of virgin natural resources
extracted from the planet,
•Recycling reduces energy and water consumption,
•Recycling minimizes greenhouse gas emissions

3. Opportunity
 Making glass from recycled materials reduces energy
and reduces the need for raw materials.
 Using scrap aluminum to make new cans consumes 95%
less energy than making them from raw bauxite ore.
 By producing a ton of paper from recycled materials,
energy consumption is cut in half and 17 trees are saved.
 Recycled plastics can be used to create carpeting and
clothing, new containers, pipes, lawn and garden
products, plastic lumber, film plastics, moldings, and
more.

4. The Plan
Reduce Cost for Recycling
Make recycling available in all
communities
Make recycling mandatory not
optional
Fine people for failure to
 recycle

5. Audience Analysis
 Pubic Information readily available to all citizens
 Will have a positive affect on the community and
environment
 Cost should me minimal as landfill trash will be
reduced greatly due to recycling products.
 Attainable with the right leadership and correct
statistics

6. Key Stakeholders
Local Landfill
Environment
Recycling Industries
Residents in the
communities

7. References
 Priebe, M. B. (n.d.). Recycling Facts Getting the
Statistics and Facts About Recycling - See more at:
http://www.ecolife.com/recycling/tips-basics/recycling-
facts-statistics.html#sthash.NTN7VcLR.dpuf.
Retrieved April 11, 2014, from
http://www.ecolife.com/recycling/tips-
basics/recycling-facts-statistics.html
 United States Environmental Protection Agency
(2014, March 26). Recycling Basics | Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle | US EPA. Retrieved April 11, 2014, from
http://www2.epa.gov/recycle/recycling-basics