Is Recycling Worth It?

By: Sue Nam and Kristine Domingo

Outline

Landfills & Recycling. Good business or bad? Pros and Cons of Recycling. Saving disposal capacity. Conserving natural resources. Does recycling save disposable capacity? How you can help.

Landfills & Recycling

According to an article, Recycling is Garbage, it says that landfills are extremely expensive and environmentally harmful. Removing newspapers, junk mails, and juice containers are not going to make landfills anymore better.

Good Business or Bad?

Recycling creates employment. At the NC Recycling Business Assistance Center, it is estimated that fifteen jobs are created for every 1,000 tons of electronics recycled.

Does recycling really help our environment?

Recycling actually helps our environment in many ways. It reduces greenhouse gas emissions by about 2 million

metric tons of carbon equivalent.

Is it safe?

Rechargeable batteries contain many harmful chemicals and should be disposed safely at your local Staples or Office Depot.

Toxic elements in the wastes are disposed safely. Companies like Green Citizen makes sure all toxic

wastes are removed.

Does it harm or help?

Recycling is more helpful than harmful. When we do not recycle things like cell-phones, tires,

and electronics, the toxic materials could be released into the air or the ground.

Does recycling save disposable capacity?

Recycling and waste reduction can help to minimize the overall amount of trash that is needed to be burned or buried. New land fills are expensive to build.

How you can help!

Anybody can make a difference by recycling. Many people believe environmental problems have become so complex that they believe they can not help to make any differences. Some problems may be beyond our hands, but things like recycling activities and waste reductions can make a difference.

Recycling saves natural resources, recycling saves energy, and best of all, recycling helps our environment.

You can recycle paper, newspaper, bottles, cans, plastics, batteries, ink cartridge, etc.

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