| Since elements such as metal are found to exist | | | | to make something is cut short, therefore the |
| naturally, it is therefore considered limited | | | | emission of carbon dioxide as well as harmful |
| resource whereby it will deplete one day. Thus, | | | | pollutants are also reduced. Thus protecting |
| the necessity to recycle metals is of paramount | | | | Mother Nature from being further contaminated. |
| importance. What many people do not understand | | | | Since the harvesting of raw materials is eliminated |
| is the benefits from recycling metals such as | | | | from the equation, this also means that the |
| scrap metal copper. | | | | melting process of raw metals is also eliminated. |
| Let us say that we choose to harvest bauxite | | | | And since heating of anything requires the cooling |
| from the Earth to produce aluminum cans. The | | | | process, thus water is conserved as well as |
| process of doing so requires one to mine the | | | | water is usually used to cool down machines due |
| ground, melt the bauxite ores so that aluminum | | | | to its property of having a high specific heat |
| could react with another element to ensure its | | | | capacity. |
| chemical stability et cetera. Since this process has | | | | So if you think about it, there are actually so |
| been done to produce the final product which are | | | | many objects that could be recycled. This |
| aluminum cans, wouldn’t it be a smarter | | | | isn’t only confined to aluminum cans but |
| move to melt used aluminum cans so that new | | | | wires, radiators, air-conditioning coils et cetera |
| cans could be formed? | | | | which could be sold to scrap dealers as scrap |
| That is indeed the definition of recycling. As such, | | | | metal copper. Not only are you helping to reduce |
| it takes far less energy to melt down used and | | | | the amount of rubbish in the landfill, you are also |
| unwanted metals to make new ones. Besides | | | | gaining some pocket money. Do your part and |
| that, since the process of getting raw materials | | | | embrace recycling in all its glory! |