It's very tempting to throw things away or even drop them in a recycling bin when we are done with them. Is there a better way?
Share your ideas for extending the “lives” of the items that we buy and use, and their packaging as well!
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How does recycling help us?
Why should we look into recycling? Why should we contribute? These are questions that some people may ask because they don’t know the benefits of recycling or they don’t know the harm in NOT recycling. The recycling system in the U.S sends about 70% of its waste into landfills. Part of this is because people don’t actually realize how harmful not recycling is and how much you can do by just contributing a little bit.
We all need resources like water, timber, and minerals, those are just a few examples. We want to conserve these resources and that is one of the benefits of recycling. Could you imagine living a life where water isn’t a resource you couldn’t get easily. There’s more to it than just helping the earth and saving resources, there are a lot of people in the country who don’t have jobs and by making recycling a bigger thing this could open up even more jobs in the recycling industry. If we realize how much we can stop and open our eyes to these things it would benefit so many people. We just need to sit and think about it, and add actions to our words.
https://www.epa.gov/circulareconomy/us- … ngBenefits
https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/rs/2007/Recycling.pdf