Importance:
1. Avoid the depletion of natural resources too quickly. > sustaining future generations.
2. Clean and protect the environment. Example: collecting used plastic bottles, batteries, etc
3. Reduce garbage in land-fields.
4. Job creation. Example: the recycling business (the factory), individuals collecting soda cans on the street to sell to recycling factories.
Recycling is Important
Recycling is one of the best ways for you to have a positive impact on the world in which we live. Recycling is important to both the natural environment and us. We must act fast as the amount of waste we create is increasing all the time.
The amount of rubbish we create is constantly increasing because:
Increasing wealth means that people are buying more products and ultimately creating more waste.
Increasing population means that there are more people on the planet to create waste.
New packaging and technological products are being developed, much of these products contain materials that are not biodegradable.
New lifestyle changes, such as eating fast food, means that we create additional waste that isn’t biodegradable.
Environmental Importance
Recycling is very important as waste has a huge negative impact on the natural environment.
Harmful chemicals and greenhouse gasses are released from rubbish in landfill sites. Recycling helps to reduce the pollution caused by waste.
Habitat destruction and global warming are some the affects caused by deforestation. Recycling reduces the need for raw materials so that the rainforests can be preserved.
Huge amounts of energy are used when making products from raw materials. Recycling requires much less energy and therefore helps to preserve natural resources.
Importance To People
Recycling is essential to cities around the world and to the people living in them.
No space for waste. Our landfill sites are filling up fast, by 2010, almost all landfills in the UK will be full.
Reduce financial expenditure in the economy. Making products from raw materials costs much more than if they were made from recycled products.
Preserve natural resources for future generations. Recycling reduces the need for raw materials; it also uses less energy, therefore preserving natural resources for the future.
Yes IF those programs actually recycle the product. They make a lot of money off garbage so you know.
@Balgobin I agree and you have answered the question perfectly.
@sagebrush, I am in the industry, it works or we would not have jobs.
Recycling could be cans, paper, glass, plastic, core charges in automotive and other industries are forms of recycling......
They are not, for the most part.
One successful recycling program was Coors Beer out in Colorado. They would give you a penny for a returned can and then would reuse it in making more beer cans.
But you have to remember, this was in the day when you could buy a candy bar for a nickle. A dollar would get you three gallons of gas or three pounds of hamburger.
Even at that Coors took a loss financially. But they wrote it off as PR and cleaning up Colorado. It did clean up the landscape.
But since politicians got involved, it is for the most part worthless, wastes energy and has caused the spreading of disease.
Some are some are not, often recycling programs consume more energy than they gain
