...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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...J Mater Cycles Waste Manag (2005) 7:1–7 DOI 10.1007/s10163-004-0119-9 © Springer-Verlag 2005 SPECIAL FEATURE: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Material Cycles and Waste Management is Asia (2) Chun-Chao Lin · Chun-hsu Lin What substances or objects should be recycled? The recycling legislative experience in Taiwan Received: October 1, 2004 / Accepted: October 10, 2004 Abstract The legislative framework of waste management in Taiwan has never been efficient, mainly due to unclear definitions and regulations. In 2002, this system was split into two parts by enacting a new law, the Resource Recycling and Re-use Act (RRRA). However, it then became more complicated and recycling effectiveness was impeded. The causes were mainly the unclear definitions, conflicts about the scope, and issues between the RRRA and the Waste Disposal Act (WDA). This article examines the recycling legislation experience in Taiwan, and proposes two modifications for resolving these problems. The first proposal is merging these two acts into one. The second proposed modification maintains a two-system structure but introduces a new subject, “discards,” into the law. The subject of discards is further categorized as “recyclable resources” or “waste,” which correspond to “recycling operations” and “disposal operations,” respectively. The new structures, interfaces, prerequisites, properties, and comparisons are also explained. Key words Waste · Recyclable resources · Discards · Definition Introduction Finding...
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...Specific Purpose: To persuade my class on the importance of recycling and how we can make a stronger and healthier environment. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence Recycling: Why Should You Do It? Attention I. How many of you actually recycle? Recycling has been a topic that has been brought up and thought about by many different people, but the problem the question of whether people are taking action or not on this. Recycling will save many different very important aspects of the environment and economy. II. By learning how to recycle we will be able to develop a much stronger and healthier environment. III. I would like to encourage my classmates to realize how important recycling is and why they should do it. If you do not recycle, in the future this could potentially have devastating...
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...Executive Summary Recycling is necessary because of the amount of resources and energy required to produce new items from scratch. Recycling requires far less energy, uses fewer natural resources, and keeps waste from piling up in landfills (Top 10 Reasons to Recycle). Landfills have become too large to accommodate in some areas, and they emit unwanted gases that damage the environment (Kaufman, 2009). Because of the repercussions of wastefulness, recycling is essential. As a student at Pierce College I care about my school’s environmental impact. Pierce College should implement a systematic recycling program that separates paper, plastic, and non-recyclable waste. Programs that recycle materials such as paper, glass, plastic, and metal are one way to decrease the amount of resources (especially non-renewable ones) needed to produce a given amount of products. What is less obvious is whether such programs save more money than they cost, or more energy than they consume. Recycling programs can in fact be worth their cost, but only if the programs are run efficiently, with sufficient education for those involved. In Washington State 60 to 80 percent of waste is recoverable through recycling (Recycling Saves Money). If Pierce College enforced a recycling program and reduced their waste by just 60 percent they could save thousands of dollars each year by avoiding landfill costs. The only costs to account for are recycling bins and time spent educating staff and students on the...
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...BENEFITS OF RECYCLING 1 The Benefits of Recycling AIU Online THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING 2 Introduction Is recycling beneficial? Yes. Here are some reasons why recycling is beneficial. Recycling is the process that takes used materials and turns them into new products. First of all, this process reduces the amount of waste in the landfills which helps the environment. This would help with using the land for other beneficial reasons and also reduce the pollution risks of our environment. There is already too much land that has been taken over by these landfills. Secondly, recycling also promotes environmental awareness. It’s important to be aware of what the waste is doing to our environment. We wouldn’t want our generations to live in an unhealthy environment. We need to show the future that reusing materials saves energy, provides resources and can also provide more job opportunities. Third of all, recycling will also help with the economical aspect by providing job opportunities, reducing the cost of waste disposal and also providing more land for other beneficial resources. This would be a great benefit for people who cannot find jobs. The environmental, political, and economical situations would all benefit from the recycling industry. THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING ...
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...U2IP: The Benefits of Recycling AIU Online Outline I. Is recycling beneficial? Yes. Recycling is the process of turning products that are considered to be waste into valuable resources. This process will reduce the amount of waste that goes into our land. Recycling will promote environmental awareness and provide more job opportunities. A. Recycling has been around for centuries. In Roman times bronze items were melted down for perpetual use. It wasn’t until the first Earth Day in 1970 that people really started to pay attention. Because of the mass modern era, disposable goods have created the necessity for a greater amount of landfills. In 1980, people in the U.S sent almost 150 million tons of garbage to the landfills each year. Even though recycling diverted 32% of the waste, 68% still ended up in landfills due to electronics being disposed of. Today, we now have ways to recycle those electronics. (DoSomething.org) B. The environmental, political, and economical situations would all benefit from the recycling industry. II. Recycling will help keep the environment safe and clean from dangerous pollutions. A. Landfills are where all our waste goes. Dangerous gases and pollution comes from these landfills and can contaminate our land and natural water sources. B. With less need for landfills there would be more land and less worry for pollution. C. By recycling, we would be able to prevent global warming. III. Raising...
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...| Green Bank Report: Finding the best green banking deals and rates * Home * Eco-Friendly Banking * iPhone * Green Bank Deals * Credit Cards * Savings Rates * Checking Accounts * CD Rates What is the Meaning of Green Banking? Posted by Clark Schultz on Friday, September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment Defining green banking is relatively easy. It means promoting environmental-friendly practices and reducing your carbon footprint from your banking activities. This comes in many forms. Using online banking instead of branch banking. Paying bills online instead of mailing them. Opening up CDs and money market accounts at online banks, instead of large multi-branch banks. Or finding the local bank in your area that is taking the biggest steps to support local green initiatives. Any combination of the above personal banking practices can help the environment. So this leads to the question, which banks are green. In general, online banks and smaller community banks have better track record than larger banks. For instance, take a look at the banks that British Petroleum has been reported to seek lines of credit from this past summer after the oil spill. Goldman Sachs (GS) Citigroup (C) JP Morgan (JPM) Bank of America (BAC) These banks have at least one thing in common. That is, they are all large billion-dollar asset banks. They are also in the group of banks that received TARP money in the government bank bailout program. In would seem common...
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...Running head: THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING 1 The Benefits of Recycling AIU Online THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING 2 Introduction Is recycling beneficial? Yes. Recycling is the process that takes used materials and turns them into new products. First of all, this process reduces the amount of waste in the landfills which helps the environment. There is already too much land that has been taken over by these landfills. Secondly, recycling also promotes environmental awareness. It’s important to be aware of what the waste is doing to our environment. Third of all, recycling will also help with the economical aspect by providing job opportunities. This would be a great benefit for people who cannot find jobs. The environmental, political, and economical situations would all benefit from the recycling industry. THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING 3 Abstract What would happen if we became over run by trash? We probably wouldn’t be living in a healthy environment then. Recycling promotes the reuse of recycled materials to make new products. Most products are made with recyclable materials like plastics, glass, paper, metals, and even rubber can be recycled. All these materials can prevent the landfills...
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...Honors English 3-2-15 The Real World of Recycling Imagine a world where the water supply, ocean vitality, and temperate eco system have all lost their genetic diversity because we taint their home with our waste. Imagine if Earth’s natural resources were diminished because we couldn’t do one simple task. What if I told you, you could do something as simple as putting paper, bottles, jugs, and cardboard into a blue bin called a recycling bin. What if I told you that “consumers recycle only one of every five plastic drink bottles used” (Barnes 1). A culture of littering was nearly accepted by older generations. Today, Americans represent “5% of the world’s population but generates 30% of the world’s garbage” (UtahRecycles 1). This shows that we talk way more than we actually show in the U.S. I believe that the U.S Government should enforce recycling classes so that students will be more educated and think twice when they recycle because people feel that recycling is optional and not needed. It would inform you about what to recycle, how to recycle, and what not to do. Oregon State University has already begun online classes for students interested in recycling. Classes would be required just like taking a health class and enforced to 6th graders and only have to be for a semester because just like taking care of our own bodies, we need to take care of the Earth’s body. First, taking a recycling class can show you that recycling requires minimal consumer involvement for maximum...
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...RETHINKING RECYCLING Recycling can mean many things to different people. Everywhere you turn, there seems to be an ad about energy saving light bulbs, recycling, or green materials (Brown). So the real question is, what is recycling? Growing up in America we are all familiar with the famous EPA phrase “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”. The third component Recycling, is a key practice of reusing and reducing items. Recycling takes materials from the waste stream, like used materials or scrap and puts them back into the manufacturing stream, which is the production of new products or materials. In many parts of the world, communities have already embraced the idea of recycling. If used products are disposed of in an appropriate way the process of recycling has been set in motion One of the main reasons we recycle is for preserving our world for future generations. The items we throw out take energy to make, so many of the items are not biodegradable. They take centuries to break down. We produce so much waste that we are running out of space to bury it or dispose of it without contaminating the environment. Preserving our environment is not just some wild conspiracy theory. Almost everything we see around us can be recycled. Each piece of material we recycle makes a positive impact on the environment. Recycling regulations in countries, states, and even local community vary. You need to know what can be recycled. Practically everything in a modern household can be recycled like paper...
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...communities. In Pueblo, Colorado this situation is even worse. A few years back, the city announced that they would remove all the bins that were placed out for recycling due to lack of funding. So there went the good intention of getting our citizens to recycle and help out the environment. The programs here remain difficult, expensive, time consuming or sometimes just not worth the hassle. Something needs to happen to get Pueblo and other cities on track with recycling. Recycling benefits everybody in the economy and it’s good for the environment. Recycling adds value to materials, contributing to a growing labor force including materials sorters, dispatchers, truck drivers, brokers, sales representatives, process engineers, and chemists. These jobs usually pay above the average national wage, and many are in inner city urban areas where job creation is vital. Not to mention, recycled products are usually more budget friendly than non-recycled. The effects of not recycling are proven to be harmful. Excessive amounts of garbage developing in landfills and the smell can be toxic, sometimes even deadly. Polluting in the water leaving people with nothing to drink. Dwindling resources that may soon disappear and skyrocket prices. Burning garbage instead of recycling causes toxic gas that pollutes the air. The effects of not recycling can be very dangerous to the eco system and to the health of all living things. When stationed in Northern Italy, I received a citation from the city for...
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...Should Recycling be Mandatory for All Americans? Do you like to live in a place where trash is all around you? The average person living in North America produces 1600 pounds of garbage a per year, that is 29 pounds a week, and around 4.4 pounds of garbage in a day. Just sit back and think if everybody did their own part on recycling? Once all people stand for the cause and work together this problem can be solved sooner than later. People not recycling have created many problems for humans, wildlife, and sea creatures living on the earth. It should be mandatory that each city in the United States have a recycling program put into place. Not having these programs already in place has caused a change in the climate. There is a demand for new resources and trees to be cut down due to not recycling. Carbon dioxide that is processed by plants has decreased with the removal of trees. When trees are cut down fuel is needed to transport and process new paper. The fuel is being burned causing it to be released into the environment as greenhouse gases and this is contributing to the environment. The environment must process papers that do not reach landfills. After the paper goes into a landfill it must remain there until the ground absorbs it and processes it. Even though paper degrades at a faster rate than other manufactured items such as; Styrofoam and plastics, it is better to recycle paper than to consume new paper. Landfills are overcrowded due to human waste. All paper that...
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...your rubbish and recycling is collected in your area please visit www.durham.gov.uk and use the ‘My Durham’ section with your house number and postcode. Rubbish and recycling should not be put out earlier than 6.00pm on the evening before collection and no later than 7.00am on the morning of collection and brought back to your property the same day. Across the Durham City area there are a variety of recycling containers. Depending on where you live, you will have access to one of the following: What can I place in my recycling bin or bag? [ Food tins and drink cans: All steel and aluminum food and drink cans; biscuit and sweet tins; aerosol cans including deodorant; furniture polish and hairspray. (Please do not include cutlery, pots and pans or other metal objects). Plastics: All plastic bottles including pop, milk and water bottles; washing up and laundry liquids, shampoo and cooking oil; yogurt, butter, fruit and vegetable containers and carrier bags (Please do not include hard plastic containers, children’s toys, ready meal food trays, bubble wrap or polystyrene). Paper and cardboard: Paper includes newspapers, magazines, junk mail, brochures, envelopes, wrapping paper (no foil based paper) and telephone directories including yellow pages; all types of cardboard including cereal boxes, greetings cards and liquid food and drink cartons. What can I place in...
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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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...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 depictions greatly jump out in my mind. First being the dystopian society of peace and security, or one in which mankind is traveling the universe...
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