What Is Recycling And What Are The Benefits Of Recycling?

What is Recycling

The process of manufacturing or producing new, useful and marketable materials from the waste or the junk substances is known as recycling. It is an old aged process, and people have been recycling their household or business goods for thousands of years, to save materials and so is the cost. However, importance and benefits of recycling got noticed in the mid 1980’s on the industrial level. Recycling is not only beneficial for the household level, but also important for the nation’s economic dependence. Also, recycling shares a major part to save the environment.

Although, the trend of recycling is growing, but still there is need to educate a common person about the recycling, and that how a common person can become the active part of the society because of recycling. Recycling doesn’t require huge industrial setups, and can be done on a very small scale; making use of an empty coke tin is also recycling. However, it is important to know about the recyclable materials. On large scale, Steel and paper industries are the biggest cost saving sectors because of recycling. The basic purpose of this post is to introduce recycling and discuss about the benefits of recycling.

Benefits Of Recycling:

There are numerous benefits of recycling, which can take long time to discuss. However, some of the key benefits of recycling are:

• The basic purpose of recycling is truly the main benefit too. Recycling turns waste materials into useful and valuable resources.
• It conserves the natural resources, like minerals, water, trees, etc.
• It reduces the need of incineration and land filling. 
• It is helpful in preventing pollution, caused by in case of using virgin materials.
• Recycling decreases greenhouse emissions, and so is the global climate change.
• Recycling saves energy.

Some Interesting Recycling Facts:

We have found some very interesting recycling facts; which are:

• A common person makes an average of 2 kg (around 4.7 pounds) daily. 
•  Every ton of aluminum cans recycling can conserve more than 1500 gallons of gasoline.
• Glass can be recycled again and again for many times. One glass bottle recycling can save up to 400-watt electricity (you can light a 100 watt bulb for 4 hours).
• For the production of 1 ton newspaper, approx 24 trees are needed. In case of recycling, these saved trees can absorb around 250 pounds of carbon dioxide, present in the air, annually.
• The cost of plastic recycling (especially the PET bottles) is almost half of the cost of plastic incineration.

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