BENEFIT OF RECYCLING

What would happen if we became over run by trash? We probably wouldnt be

living in a healthy environment then. Recycling is the process of

converting waste materials into reusable objects to prevent waste of potentially useful

materials. Recycling promotes the reuse of recycled materials to make new products.

Most products are made with recyclable materials like plastics, glass, paper, metals,

and even rubber can be recycled.

Recycling benefits the economy by reducing expenditure in other ways. Through

recycling, the communities can reduce their waste disposal costs. Also through the

recycled materials, communities can offset the cost of their waste disposal and thereby

reduce their expenditure. Acres of landfill space can be saved and be diverted for other

uses. Saving on the landfill space can generate revenue and can be used for other

functions that can be profitable.

It conserves the natural resources as it reduces the need for raw materials by

Industries. Natural resources provide our industries with raw materials for their industrial

processes like paper factories which use timber from trees. A lot of paper which is the

finished product of these factories end-up as waste after being used in offices and

schools. These can be collected and recycled to produce new products by the same

factories. Many paper industries today are recycling paper waste to make toilet papers

and paper bags which are most commonly used around the world.
 Recycling protects our health in several ways. The materials that we do not need

and wrongfully dispose of may find their way back in our households in different ways.

Raw and untreated sewage emanating from industries and hotels if discharged into

water bodies becomes hazardous for living organisms. Contaminated water if used for

farming and cooking by communities results into waterborne diseases like pneumonia

and typhoid which is common in places where water is polluted. Plastic bags also

disposed openly on the environment become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. When it

rains plastic bags trap water that serves as habitat for mosquito larvae which can result

to malaria outbreak.

Recycling is also good for the climate. Goods made from recycled materials

require less water, use less energy, and also create considerably less pollution. This

directly affects the amount of carbon being produced, which then reduces the amount of

unhealthy greenhouse gases being entered into the atmosphere. These are all

immediate and long-term benefits of recycling, which not only apply to us but also to our

family and the future generation.

Recycling is obviously very important if we wish to slow the destruction of this

planet. We need to do more to increase the amount of recycling that goes on in our

country. We also need to find ways of recycling items that are unhygienic and unsafe.