Is Recycling Important?

Question

Me and my members are assigned a project to find out people's attitude and perception towards recycling and suggestions to promote recycling. SO this is kinda like a survey.

Please state your country , gender and your age .
the questions are

1) what are your views towards recycling
2)do you agree with this sentence:
"Not enough is done to make people recycle." and why ?

Thank you

Answer 1

While recycling is important, it still uses energy that cause more pollution to accomplish the task. For example, a recycling plant needs electricity (often generated from coal) to run the equipment & fossil fuels to bring materials and workers to the recycling plant. Because recycling still increases our carbon footprint, reuse is better for the earth. Reuse is more than using the same thing over and over again. Re-purposing can be a big part of reuse. Re-purposing is when you take an item that no longer serves its original function and use it in a new way. Turn an old pair of boots into an herb planter. Make bent silverware into wind chimes. Use pantyhose with runs in them for tomato ties. Re-purposing is where the fun, creativity and real environmental benefits come into play:)

Answer 2

1) Recycling is a very important concept. However, so few people actually recycle that it hardly makes a dent in reducing the amount of trash going to landfills. I do it mainly because it sets a good example for my children.

2) I agree that more could be done to encourage recycling. Most of what I propose would be to hit people in the pocketbook if they didn't recycle. For example, if cities charged unrecycled garbage collection fees based on weight, that would make more more people recycle. But also we need to explore ways to use recyclable products. Glass could be crushed and used as a road base. plastics could be used as building material. Once we have more ways to use recycled products, the price and demand for recyclables would increase and more people would recycle their wastes.

Answer 3

I live in Queens, New York, I'm female in my late 30s.



1. Absolutely necessary. Luckily I live in a city where recycling is mandatory. There are specific days when recyclable trash is picked up and in offices, there are specific trash receptacles for recyclable garbage. Luckily most of my friends feel the same way and we're dedicated to recycling, not only garbage but keeping canvas bags with us whenever we shop.



2. I'm not sure if I agree with that, because you can't make people do what they don't want to do or what they don't care enough to do. For the most part, people do it here because it is mandatory. There are signs encouraging recycling in the garbage rooms of our apartments. On the street, it's much harder because people don't pay attention to what goes where. There are large bins specifically for newspapers and people seem to respect that only newspapers go in them.

Answer 4

I live in the UK and the government puts a lot of pressure on people to recycle our rubbish ( house garbage),even providing different coloured bins (trash containers) for different rubbish.

Unfortunately,I heard from a number of people who work in the business (lorry drivers,dump staff,etc)that in the end everything ends up in the same pile,i.e. a hole in the ground.



But this is England.

I can't speak for other countries.

Not surprisingly,I am sceptical about recycling.

Answer 5

What is Recycling



Before you know about the importance and benefits of recycling and its relation to a better environmental condition, it is essential to understand what is recycling. Recycling refers to the process of collecting used materials which is usually considered as ‘waste’ and reprocessing them. In this process these used materials are sorted and processed to be used as ‘raw materials’ for the production of new products. Recycling varies from ‘re-use’ in the sense that while re-use just means using old products repeatedly, recycling means using the core elements of an old product as raw material to manufacture new goods. Some of the most common items that are recycled are plastic, glass, paper, batteries, aluminum etc.



Process of Recycling



The recycling process involves three stages. In the first stage the old products are collected and processed, where they are sorted, cleaned and made ready for recycling or manufacturing new products. The second stage involves the manufacturing of new products from the raw material obtained by the processing of the old products. Finally, the process ends with the purchasing of recycled goods by the consumers. The more people step forward to buy recycled products the better the success of the recycling process can be ensured. Buying recycled products will only increase when every individual will develop an awareness of the difference that can be made by utilizing their old household objects as raw materials to produce new goods and help the environment by recycling.



Why is Recycling Important



The importance of recycling can be observed in multiple ways. If you are wondering in your mind as to "why I should recycle" then here are some causes which should convince you to do so.

•Recycling Saves Energy

When new products are manufactured from the raw material obtained from recycled products, it saves a lot of energy which is consumed for the production. When new products are manufactured from ‘virgin materials’, the amount of energy consumed is much higher. Besides, the energy required to acquire and transport the ‘virgin’ raw materials from their origins or natural sources is also saved. Add to that the energy which is required to clean and protect the environment from the pollutant waste products, especially those which are non-biodegradable (plastic) and fill up the landfill areas.

•Recycling Saves Environmental Conditions and Reduces Pollution

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. Some of the major fossil fuels used in most industries include coal, diesel, gasoline etc. All these emit harmful gases such as methane, sulfur dioxide, carbon-dioxide to the environment. The processing of fresh raw material also creates toxic materials which pollute the environment. 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 Natural Resources

We know that recycling involves the processing and usage of the core elements of an old product for the production of new products. This helps in saving our natural resources to a great extent. For example, once an old newspaper is recycled we do not need to use the resource of another tree to produce new paper products. This way, proper recycling can help us preserve our natural resources for our future generations and maintain the balance of the nature.

•Economic Benefits

Similar to energy and natural resource, recycling also helps in saving a lot of expense, demanded for the production of new products from ‘virgin’ materials. These expenses include the entire production cycle starting from acquiring the raw materials, transferring them from their origin to production places, processing and manufacturing costs.

Recycling process creates employment opportunities for a lot of people, involved in the various stages of the process. This in turn contributes to the economic development of the state or country.

•Recycling Saves Space for Waste Disposal

Most of the landfill sites are filled up with a lot of waste products that could have been recycled effectively. Some of these waste materials belong to non-biodegradable category which takes a long time to decompose. Recycling enables proper usage of these waste products and saves space for landfills. The pace with which landfills are getting filled up, soon we might run short of landfills unless we start following recycling at our own home and spread the word to others

Answer 6

It is important. More importantly is the amounts of product we consume.

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