| Recycling is the collection of used materials that | | | | or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, |
| would otherwise be waste to be broken down | | | | cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials |
| and remade into new products. Recycling is | | | | bound for manufacturing. |
| became a very beneficial in all over the world, | | | | By recycling plastic bottle not only saves |
| because by this process we are saving energy | | | | anywhere from 100 to 1000 years in the landfill |
| and conserving the environment. Recycling | | | | but also saves the environment from the |
| involves processing used materials into new | | | | emissions in producing new bottles as well as the |
| products to prevent waste of potentially useful | | | | oil used to produce that bottle. For every 1 ton of |
| materials, decrease the consumption of fresh raw | | | | plastic that is recycled we save the equivalent of |
| materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air | | | | 2 people's energy use for 1 year, the amount of |
| pollution (from incineration) and water pollution | | | | water used by 1 person in 2 month's time and |
| (from land filling) by reducing the need for | | | | almost 2000 pounds of oil. |
| "conventional" waste disposal, and lower | | | | Some facts of the recycling: |
| greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin | | | | 1, The amount of wood and paper North |
| production. | | | | Americans throw away each year is enough to |
| | | | heat 50,000,000 homes for 20 years. |
| Recycling is a one of the best way of saving | | | | 2, You can make 20 cans out of recycled material |
| energy and conserving the environment. Most of | | | | with the same amount of energy it takes to |
| recyclable materials are water, energy, paper, | | | | make one new one. |
| metal, aluminum cans, glass, plastic, Styrofoam, | | | | 3, A typical baby uses 10,000 diapers in their early |
| steel, junk mail, garbage, tires, food, and | | | | life, using a cloth diaper cost 19 cents less than a |
| miscellaneous. Some ecological waste food and | | | | disposable diaper. Each year 16 trillion diaper end |
| garden waste is not typically considered recycling. | | | | up in landfills. |
| Approximately 60% of our rubbish thrown away | | | | 4, 10 million hectares of ancient forests are |
| today could be recycled. A survey was done and | | | | destroyed each year throughout the world, the |
| 9 out of 10 people surveyed said they would | | | | equivalent of 1 football field every 2 seconds. |
| recycle more if it was easier. For the recycling | | | | Source : B4tea. |
| materials is either purchase from collection center | | | | |