Recycle: America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful initiative, which takes place annually on and around Nov. 15, recognizes the economic, environmental and social benefits of recycling, while providing an educational platform that helps raise awareness about the value of reducing, reusing and recycling – every day.

Visit americarecyclesday.org and join thousands of people just like you who have taken the pledge to Learn what materials are collected in your neighborhood, Act by reducing the amount of waste produced and promising to recycle more and Share the pledge link with family and friends.

“We invite all Pennsylvanians to take the pledge and continue to be mindful of how our waste is handled 365 days a year whether it’s at school, home or whole communities,” said Shannon Reiter, President of Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful. “Recycling helps protect our environment by saving natural resources such as trees, water and minerals and reduces the amount of waste sent to our landfills. Recycling helps keep our neighborhoods clean and beautiful.”

Take the pledge to increase your recycling efforts and learn how to get involved by visiting www.americarecyclesday.org.

America Recycles is touted as, “One day to educate, to motivate, to make recycling bigger and better.”

As of the first week of November, 79,930 have signed the recycled pledge. People have pledged to recycle the following: cartons, shampoo bottles, plastic bags and wraps, plastic bottles and caps, unwanted mail and mobile devices.

According to a tweet by America Recycles, “If every household in the U.S. replaced one package of virgin fiber napkins (250 count) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 1 MILLION trees.”

Another post explains that it takes three tons of trees to make one ton of virgin cardboard and suggest recycling empty boxes delivered with online purchases. Bubble wrap and other packing materials may be recyclable as well.