| Most people are taught to recycle. In many | | | | energy cost associated with it making recycling |
| cases this is a good habit to have as it has good | | | | much less effective. |
| long term results. At times there are some | | | | At times there is a chemical cost in the water. |
| major disadvantages to this practice. This is not | | | | With certain plastics and with the inks on paper, |
| an attempt to get people to stop recycling or feel | | | | these can be get into the water during the |
| badly but to think about what is happening during | | | | recycling process. At times certain plants do |
| the process. There is more to the whole picture | | | | have chemical waste issues in the water |
| of recycling than it appears when you also weigh | | | | supplies. Before recycling products like this at |
| in environmental impacts as well. | | | | those places, make sure that the water quality if |
| One huge issue that many don't think about is the | | | | not being affected negatively. |
| energy cost it takes to transport the items that | | | | One thing you may be unaware of is that if your |
| you are recycling. There is the cost of picking | | | | local area does not have enough workers or |
| the items up and transporting them to the | | | | machinery, there are times where the recycling |
| recycling centers that are available in your area. | | | | that you have done is just thrown away as there |
| If there is one center for plastics, glass, paper, | | | | is too much to go through. Make sure that when |
| metals, and other items that is there locally, this is | | | | you do take the time to recycle that it's going to |
| not an issue. For some, the recycling center is | | | | a place that is actually processing your goods |
| miles away. After it's separated at the plant, | | | | versus ending up in the garbage. If not, this is |
| there are more trucks used to get to various | | | | simply a huge hassle for you with no good end |
| plants for different materials. Saving the | | | | results. |
| resource in this case has a huge emissions and | | | | |