Asphalt road surface is the most widely recycled material in the US, both by gross tonnage and by percentage. According to a report issued by the Federal Highway Administration and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, 80% of the asphalt from road surfaces' that is removed each year during widening and resurfacing projects is reused as part of new roads, roadbeds, shoulders and embankments.
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You can throw things in the recycling bin but you can only throw away certain things like paper or plastic. These things are then made in to new things. Or just made in to new paper or plastic.
Paper and plastic make up the largest percentage of trash. People can recycle the paper and plastic products in order to reduce the waste.
Steel was the most heavily recycled product in the world--more than plastic, paper, aluminum, and glass combined.