Recycling involves collecting recyclable materials like glass, paper, metal, and plastic from communities and processing them to be used again. The recycling process includes sorting, cleaning, and preparing materials to be sold to manufacturers who use the recycled materials to make new products like paper towels, bottles, and cans. Recycling provides significant benefits like conserving natural resources and energy - it can save 95% of the energy required to make new aluminum and creates 36 jobs for every 10,000 tons of recycled waste compared to just 1 job from incineration. The U.S. recycles around 33% of its waste each year.