Equally important, recycling creates a profit by selling recycled products to nations across the world. Recycling the abandoned materials means that they have to be sold as well. The Environmental and Energy study institute, a nonprofit organization in Washington DC states, “How Better Recycling Can Minimize Waste and Boost the Economy” by Ellen Vaughan, “In 2010, the U.S. recycling industry sold 44 million metric tons of recycled materials valued at almost $30 billion to over 154 countries around the world…” (Vaughan). This shows that the United states is receiving a profit by selling materials that people have already used and are being used again by other people in other nations. These nations will pay the United States and do what these