Fact Sheet: Why Reduce Waste?
Office of Waste Reduction Services State of Michigan Departments of Commerce and Natural Resources December 1989 #8901A Once, it was inexpensive and easy to dispose of waste. Today, your business, like thousands of other businesses across Michigan, has discovered that waste disposal is far from cheap. It is no longer easy or cheap to dispose of the six million tons of solid waste businesses generate each year, half of the state’s total solid waste volume. Businesses pay hundreds of millions of dollars for disposal alone * a price tag which is quickly escalating as the state’s remaining landfill space dwindles. Waste reduction is a better option for your business for two primary reasons: • It’s Cheaper to Reduce Waste than to Produce It • Waste Reduction Today Prepares Your Business for a Waste-Free Future. Reducing waste makes good economic sense, good ecological sense and, increasingly, good business sense.
