Recycling
Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. Recycling can prevent the waste of potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, thereby reducing: energy usage, air pollution (from incineration), and water pollution (from landfilling ).
Why Recycle?
Recycling conserves resources
- When we recycle, materials are converted into new products, reducing the need to consume natural resources which will help to protect natural habitats for the future.
Recycling saves energy
- Using recycled materials in the manufacturing process uses considerably less energy than that required for producing new products from raw materials.
Recycling helps protect the environment
- Recycling reduces the need for extracting, refining and processing raw materials all of which create air and water pollution.
- As recycling saves energy it also reduces greenhouse gas emissions, which helps to tackle climate change.
Recycling reduces landfill
- When we recycle, recyclable materials are reprocessed into new products, and as a result the amount of rubbish sent to landfill sites decreases which reduces emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.