One significant factor that plays a role in our earth’s future is our ability to find additional opportunities to use recycling to conserve our resources. Recycling refers to the process of collecting used materials and reprocessing them to be used again. The recycling process involves three stages.
In the first stage the old products are collected, sorted, cleaned, and made ready to be recycled. The second stage involves the manufacturing of new products from the recycled products. The process ends with the purchasing of the recycled goods by consumers. The public needs to be more aware of the difference they can make by utilizing their old household products to produce new goods and help the environment as well as the economy.
There are many reasons to recycle, not only for this generation but also future generations that will be faced with difficult times if we do not change our ways now. When products are manufactured from recycled products, it saves an enormous amount of energy. When products are manufactured from new materials, the amount of energy is much higher. Recycling helps in preventing global climate change to a great extent. By minimizing the energy spent on industrial production, recycling also helps in reducing greenhouse gas emission. By reducing the energy used, recycling also minimizes the amount of fuel usage which in turn reduces the amount of harmful pollutants in the environment.
Recycling saves our natural resources, by reusing material instead of using new resources. Proper recycling can help us preserve our natural resources for our future generations and maintain the balance of the nature. Recycling also helps save a lot of expenses. Creating new products cost a lot because the process includes acquiring the raw materials, transferring them to the place of production, processing and manufacturing costs.
It has been proven that recycling our waste products has improved our world to be cleaner and more sanitary. Not only do we recycle used products to keep our environment clean but is also a fairly cheap source of making new products. Throwaway materials have an increasing mass in our country and are causing landfills to reach their capacity. Because of this, recycling has caught on in many parts of the country.
One way that people can help is by sorting their trash into separate categories like glass, paper, and plastics. The recycling of glass can have a huge effect on improving our environment. A glass cullet is what glass manufacturers call broken glass which can be added to new materials. The process of recycling glass starts when you drop the glass bottle into the recycling bin. It is then taken and broken down into little pieces of glass. After being broken down the glass is melted and reused for other materials. Glass cullet can be used in different ways. People are looking for new markets that involve recycled glass.
One new use is mixed glass cullet to use as asphalt for roads. When the glass cullet is added to the asphalt, the road sparkles and is an added attraction.. It can also be used in decorative glass such as stained glass windows or utensils such as dinnerware. Glass cullet is important in removing pollutants in water runoff. This technology is especially useful on airport runways. The glass cullet is given a static electrical charge allowing it to attract and hold small particles in runoff.
There are two types of recycling options that are carried out. One is internal recycling. Internal recycling is the reuse of a manufacturing process of materials that are waste products of that process. In the metal industry, internal recycling is the most common. The second type of recycling is external recycling. It is the reclaiming of materials from a product that has been rendered obsolete or completely worn out and used. The manufacturing of newsprint or other paper products by the collection of old newspapers and magazines are our example of external recycling.
Many people do not realize the importance of recycling. The disposing of solid waste materials has steadily increased. This solid waste is being dumped into landfill areas. The space taken up by these overflowing landfills is now too valuable to be used as a dumping ground. Because landfills are reaching their capacity, many towns, counties, and entire states are looking to recycling as an alternative to landfill disposal.
These days there are many opportunities for a young people to help in recycling. Hopefully this information has brought to your attention the importance of recycling. Doing a little bit each day can make a difference in the environment around you. Garbage and waste will not disappear by itself but we can find ways to reuse materials in efficient earth friendly ways. It all starts with you.