...benefits of recycling. “Recycling is the process of converting products back into their constituent raw materials and then reprocessing this raw into new article” (Healey, 1999). People’s desire is limitless, but the resources in the world are not infinite. In daily life, there are so many products that can be seen everywhere, for instance, glass, paper, steel, plastic products and rubber products. Hence, ignoring recycling is a large waste, that means just throwing garbage or disposing of it in landfills which is not a permanent solution. As the impassioned discussion over the issue of recycling comes into the spot light of the world, it has long been asserted that the issue of recycling in modern times is very important. Recycling makes participants feel fine, and is considered by some to be a moral responsibility, which has become a ‘social norm’ (BIEC, 1997). This essay will try to demonstrate three main benefits of recycling including its important role in economies, environment and energy-saving. Recycling generates substantial economic benefits and it has made a vital contribution to job creation and economic development. A great illustration of it is that recycling helps people save money and creates jobs in waste management and manufacturing industries. Recycling programs cost less to operate than waste collection, land filling and incineration. According to Beck (2001), there are direct impacts and indirect impacts of recycling. In Massachusetts, recycling saves $557...
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...Fact or Fiction? The trucks that collect recycling burn more energy and produce more pollution than recycling saves. Fact or Fiction? All the paper, plastic, metal and glass dumped in recycling bins has to be painstakingly (and expensively) sorted by hand. Fact or Fiction? Thanks to sky-high prices of raw materials, cities are getting rich by selling recyclables. Lay of the Land (No pun intended!) What & Why Recycle? Recycling involves processing used materials into new products to: • • • • • Prevent the waste of potentially useful materials, Reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, Reduce energy usage, and air pollution (from incineration) Reduce water pollution (from land filling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and Lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production Why is it important? • Saves Energy • Saves Land Space • Saves Money • Reduces Air and Water pollution • Creates Jobs • Preserves Wildlife • Fewer trees cut down to make virgin materials or to make space for landfills → habitat for wildlife remains It is complicated... http://www.aboutmyplanet.com/environment/importance-recycling/ But important … Supply & Demand National Benefits – Public Goods 1980 to 2008 Solid Waste Generation per person 4.50 lbs 33% Recycling Rate < 10% 3.66 lbs Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling, and Disposal in United States: Facts & Figures for 2008; US EPA National Benefits...
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...that we produce each year. One easy way of doing that is by a method called recycling. Many might not know the importance of recycling and what it can do to our environment. While recycling has become part of the daily routine for many people, the full importance of recycling is not always understood. In general, people do understand that recycling helps to minimize the drain on the limited resources of our planet. However, there are several other factors that make recycling important which will be discussed in this paper. Although recycling may seem like a modern concept introduced with the environmental movement of the 1970s, it's actually been around for thousands of years. Prior to the industrial age, you couldn't make goods quickly and cheaply, so virtually everyone practiced recycling in some form. However, large-scale recycling programs were very rare -- households predominantly practiced recycling. The mass production of the industrial age is, in many ways, the very reason we need to worry about large-scale recycling. When products can be produced (and purchased) very cheaply, it often makes more economic sense to simply throw away old items and purchase brand new ones. However, this culture of "disposable" goods created a number of environmental problems. In the 1930s and 40s, conservation and recycling became important in American society and in many other parts of the world. Economic depressions made...
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...of our daily activities produce waste in some form or the other. The fact is that the more we grow the more waste we will produce; there is a direct relationship between the increase in standard of living and the amount of waste that is produced to sustain this growth. “Waste is a part of the economy – it is a by-product of all economic activity undertaken by businesses, governments and households (DEFRA report).” The European Union produces around 1.8 billion tonnes of waste each year which amount to about 3.5 tonnes per person (European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production). The United Kingdom on its own produces around 220 million tonnes of waste every year. Managing all of this waste is a monumental task which governments have to undertake. With such vast quantities of waste being produced each year it is extremely important that it be managed in a way that will not harm the health of humans or the environment in which we live in. Waste has a considerable impact on the environment. The environment has the ability to transform waste over time into nutrients that can be used again. However, with the increase in our economic activity this natural assimilative capacity of the environment will be exceeded if we do not control the amount of waste that we produce or take measures to manage it. Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal, managing and monitoring of waste materials. The management of non-hazardous residential and...
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...www.pwc.co.uk The direct economic impact of gold October 2013 www.pwc.co.uk The work carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC") in relation to this report has been carried out only for the World Gold Council and solely for the purpose and on the terms agreed between PwC and the World Gold Council. The report does not constitute professional advice. No representation or warranty (express or implied) is given as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this report and, to the extent permitted by law, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, its members, employees and agents do not accept or assume any liability, responsibility or duty of care for any consequences to anyone acting, or refraining to act, in reliance on the information contained in this report or for any decision based on it. © 2013 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. All rights reserved. In this document, "PwC" refers to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (a limited liability partnership in the United Kingdom), which is a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each member firm of which is a separate legal entity. The direct economic impact of gold Contents Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................1 Executive summary ...........................................................................................................................................
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...Annotated Bibliography Scott Brown COM 156 April 21, 2013 University of Phoenix Annotated Bibliography Jason (May 2011) Promoting recycling: private values, social norms, and economic incentives. American Economic Review, v. 101, iss. 3, pp 65-70 Viscusi, W., Kip; Huber, Joel; and Bell have used data taken from households to make a comparison to the need to recycle versus any incentives that may exist to do so. Plastic waters bottles are used in this and the discussion is about why individuals may recycle for statistical analyses have been gathered to formulate the behaviors of people that recycle and the reasons for doing so. Those people that have developed a way to dispose of plastic bottles will tend to do so the same way over and over again and why this is the social norm for a society. Laws that govern recycling in the U.S. are not consistent from state to state and yet people still recycle according to their own personal values on the subject. Policies on recycling have a wide effect on how people decide to recycle. Viscusi, W., Kip; Huber, Joel; and Bell have collected information from many sources and analyzed this data to show the effects of recycling throughout various communities in the country. The information can be used for the project because it addresses the recycling aspects of a product and how consumerism impacts that decision. The article is written from information taken from a wide variety of sources that can each be verified because they are...
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...more and more goods to either replace something that was broken or to fill our wants and needs. In this process there is a great deal of items to either be thrown away or given to those who could use it. The economic crash in 2008 did not help the situation either. More and more people are in dire need of products for either very low costs or hopefully free. Spending frugally and obtaining things for free is ideal in the world we live in today considering how much excess is thrown out. Living on Ohio State's campus showed me clearly that every year, students had too many items than what they truly needed to survive day to day. And with that would come the inevitable flow of truck after truck of people going through dumpsters or replacing the bulk pickup that the city provides for free. The environment can also be a majorly attributed to their growth. The effects of improper disposal can lead to surface water retention, soil contamination, pollution, and leachate. (“Effects of poor waste disposal”, 2010). The economic impact can be substantial as well as people care about the area around them. No one wants to visit a dirty place. There is also the ability to use the recycling to cover a country's energy needs like Sweden. They are so effective at recycling that they even ran out of garbage and had to...
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...for: [pic] “Comparison and Critical evaluation of Recycling Industry in Canada and Malaysia” “I have read the Student Academic Code of Conduct and this assignment complies with the Code” Introduction Recycling is the process of turning used products into raw materials that can be used to make new products. Its purpose is to conserve natural resources and reduce pollution. Recycling a product requires less energy when compared to manufacturing a new product and some of the items being currently recycled are Paper, Plastic, Glass, Metals and Electronics (Ackerman, 2008). History of Recycling Waste management in Canada is considered to be a $5.6 Billion industry. Canada produced over 34 million tonnes of waste in 2008, out of which 25.9 million tonnes of waste was sent to public and private waste disposal facilities and the remaining 8.5 million tones was sent to recycling and composting, which has been practically unchanged since 2006 (Globe-Net, 2010). Waste management had become an issue of vital importance as Canada having a total of 800 landfill sites was facing a critical shortage of the landfill space with 30% already filled up leading to growing concerns about the environmental impacts of the traditional waste disposal methods. Reduction, Reuse, recycling and recovery were considered to play a key role in minimizing the wastes by 50% (Alberni Environmental Coalition, 1991). From a 16% recycling rate in 2003, Ontario had managed to increase the rate to...
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...extent recycling is an effective method for the disposal of domestic waste? As consumption is a necessary and natural activity for humans, it is an inevitable consequence the generation of garbage. According to National Statistics (2013), each person in England in 2012/13 produce around 423kg of household waste per year. Moreover, people are discussing about the correct disposal of garbage in order to reduce environmental impact from chemical and physical reactions. Recycling appeared as an alternative solution for the traditional methods to dispose rubbish, as mostly people know, this is a process which provide the reuse of waste instead of wait to the natural decomposition. Facing the rise in environmental awareness, it is increasing the amount of recyclable waste. It is indicated by DEFRA (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, 2007) that in 2020 , 50% of household waste will be recycled compared to 43.2% in England in 2012/13 (National Statistics, 2013). For many reasons, recycle is an efficient way to dispose domestic waste. First of all, it is known that recycling friendly works with the environment. The others methods as incineration and landfill cause more harms. For example, as waste decomposes in landfills methane is generated as product, which it is a famous greenhouse gas and contributes to the global warming. As the BBC Weather Centre (2009) affirms, methane “produces 21 times as much warming as CO2”.In addition, recycling reduce...
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...The global impact of e-waste Addressing the challenge SECTOR Sectoral Activities Department SafeWork Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge The global impact of e-waste: Addressing the challenge Karin Lundgren SafeWork and SECTOR International Labour Organization Geneva 2012 Copyright © International Labour Organization 2012 First published 2012 Publications of the International Labour Office enjoy copyright under Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. Nevertheless, short excerpts from them may be reproduced without authorization, on condition that the source is indicated. For rights of reproduction or translation, application should be made to ILO Publications (Rights and Permissions), International Labour Office, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland, or by email: pubdroit@ilo.org. The International Labour Office welcomes such applications. Libraries, institutions and other users registered with reproduction rights organizations may make copies in accordance with the licences issued to them for this purpose. Visit www.ifrro.org to find the reproduction rights organization in your country. Lundgren, Karin The global impact of e-waste: addressing the challenge / Karin Lundgren; International Labour Office, Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment (SafeWork), Sectoral Activities Department (SECTOR). – Geneva: ILO, 2012 ISBN 978-92-2-126897-0 (print) ISBN...
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...increasing "garbage patch" of plastic twice the size of the state of Texas moving in the North Pacific Ocean. Humans, ecosystems, and wildlife are seriously challenged by debris from plastic. Disposable plastic water bottles for bottled water are made out of oil which is a finite natural resource known as Polyethylene terephthalate (PET). PET bottles require energy to manufacture and transport. The amount of oil used to produce water bottles each year which equates to 17 million barrels of oil is the same amount of oil that would fuel over 1,000,000 cars for a year (Palliser, 2010). * Strategies for promoting positive environmental behavior * The use simple strategies of reducing, reusing and recycling can play a major impact on the reduction of plastic bottles and their impact upon the environment. There are more than 50 billion bottles of water purchased globally. It is estimated that 80% of these bottles end up in landfill. It requires 17 million barrels of oil to produce bottled water containers. In the United States 1500 plastic bottles are...
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...Ban the Bag or Bag the Ban: An In-depth Look Into Austin’s Ban on Single-Use Bags In today’s day and age, the topic of environmental sustainability and the protection of the environment are found at the basis of a multitude of political debates and arguments. The way we, and our government, view the protection of the environment and the impact we have on the world around us has shaped the types of policies that governments in the U.S. have passed. One of these policies which has been implemented in a variety of cities around the United States, including Austin, is the ban on single-use plastic and paper bags. This ban has been hotly debated, and there are many people who view it as beneficial and many others who see it as unnecessary and imposing. Either way the impacts of this policy are far-reaching in how it can affect customers, businesses, and the environment. In this paper, I will show the conflicting arguments in this ongoing debate, focusing on the bag ban implemented in Austin in early 2013. We will begin by looking at the two opposing sides to the argument. There are many groups of people who advocated for the implementation of a city ordinance banning single-use bags in Austin and who continue to support it. The Austin City Government, led by Mayor Lee Leffinwell, and the Austin Resource Recovery, formerly known as the Solid Waste Services (SWS) Department, were the main proponents who pushed the ordinance into effect. In addition, the Zero Waste Advisory Commission...
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...REPORT Improved waste management of textiles Project 9 Environmentally improved recycling David Palm B1976 April 2011 This report approved 2011-04-20 Anna Jarnehammar Department Manager Organization Report Summary Project title IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Ltd. Address P.O. Box 5302 SE-400 14 Göteborg Telephone Towards Sustainable Waste Management – Environmentally improved recycling Project sponsor Swedish Environmental Protection Agency +46 (0)31-725 62 00 Author David Palm Title and subtitle of the report Improved waste management of textiles Summary In Sweden, we consume 15kg of textiles per capita and year. Of this roughly 8kg are incinerated and 3kg are reused by charity organisations. The remaining 4kg either accumulates (e.g. in a closet or wardrobe) or are handled through other means of waste management (e.g. recycling centres). This way of waste management is not optimal from an environmental point of view. The textile waste flows are small by weight but large by environmental impact. The production of virgin textiles give rise to about 15 kg of carbon dioxide per kg textile and uses large amount of water; energy and chemicals and poses a risk both for the environment and human health. Policies and measures to reduce the consumption of virgin textile are needed. Hindrances for a more sustainable textile waste management are primarily economical: The environmental cost is not incorporated in the production...
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...greatly jump out in my mind. First being the dystopian society of peace and security, or one in which mankind is traveling the universe and accomplishing miraculous feats. While having seemingly circumvented the current social, economic, and environmental predicaments we find ourselves in today. Second being an apocalyptic wasteland where war and famine have brought our race to its knees. Unlike the previous case no doubt a future where mankind’s arrogance, greed, short sightedness doomed the future of our race and planet. What could lead to such a drastically different scenarios? Where did these hypothetical futures diverge? Why did one path succeed with today’s problems and the other not? What it boils down to in my opinion is a successful management of resources. Having taken that second of reflection I realized recycling at its core is nothing more than a management of resources. Not only that, I believe it has the potential to solve many of the challenges we face today, while pointing us toward the path of a successful future. Therefore, I feel a drastic increase in community and national recycling could exponentially improve our unity with other citizens, bolster our economy, and protect our environment while strengthening it at the same time. Recycling Overhaul: Path to a Prosperous Future Have you ever stopped for a second to reflect on a piece of cinema? Or more to the point reflected on an envisioned portrayal of mankind’s future? Well recently I have and two different...
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...What is Recycling? Recycling is a pretty simple concept: take something that isn't useful anymore and make it into something new instead of just throwing it away. It can be anything from recycling old paper into new paper, to making an old hubcap into a decorative birdbath. In reality, recycling can get pretty complex -- how it interacts with our environment, our politics, our economy and even our own human behaviour patterns will play a major role in the future of our planet. What is Recycling? Recycling can take many forms. On a small scale, any time you find a new use for something old, you're recycling. One example is making old cereal boxes into magazine holders Recycling becomes more important on larger scales. At this level, used consumer goods are collected, converted back into raw materials and remade into new consumer products. Aluminum cans, office paper, steel from old buildings and plastic containers are all examples of materials commonly recycled in large quantities, often through municipal programs encouraging bulk household collections. It's rare for a recycled product to be exactly the same as the original material from which it was recycled. Recycled paper, for example, contains ink residue and has shorter fibers than virgin paper (paper made from wood pulp). Because of this, it may be less desirable for some purposes, such as paper used in a copy machine. When a recycled good is cheaper or weaker than the original product, it's known as down-cycling...
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