Top reasons to recycle
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Reasons to Recycle
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What is recycling? Recycling is a form of reuse
that requires changing or reprocessing an item or natural resource . When we reuse objects, or make them into new things, the old material is not wasted, and new material does not have to be produced.
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1. Recycling saves trees.
Half the Earth's forests are gone, and up to 95 percent of the original forest area in the U.S. has been cut down.
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2. Recycling protects wildlife habitat and biodiversity.
Using recycled materialsreduces the need to extract natural
resources such as timber, crude petroleum
and mineral ores.
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3.Recycling reduces the use of toxic chemicals.
Making products fromalready refined waste materials reduces -and
often avoids altogether - the needfor manufacturers to use toxic chemicals,
essential when using virgin materials.
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4. Recycling helps curb global warming.
Recycling one ton of glass results in energy
savings of more than 300% and lowers carbon dioxide
emissions by 3.46 tons.
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5. Recycling reduces water pollution.
Turning trees into paper is the most water-intensive
industrial process in the United States. Paper recycling mills nearly always
use less water and they don't pollute the water nearly as much.
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6.Recycling is fun!
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So go for it! Recycling is good for the environment