The Recycling (Recyc.) Valuable

Recycling involves processing used materials into new products in order to prevent waste of potentially useful materials.

Recyc. is a key component of modern waste management and is the third component of the

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recyc.



The advantage of Recyc. as follow:

• reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials,

• reduce energy usage,

• reduce air pollution (from incineration)

• and reducing water pollution (from land filling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal,

• And lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production.



The materials involved in this process include many kinds as following:

• glass,

• paper,

• metal,

• plastic,

• textiles,

• And electronics.



Recyc. process

Materials to be recyc. are either brought to a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.In a strict sense, recyc. of a material would produce a fresh supply of the same material, for example used office paper to more office paper, or used foamed polystyrene to more polystyrene.

However, this is often difficult or too expensive (compared with producing the same product from raw materials or other sources),

So recyc. of many products or materials involves their reuse in producing different materials (e.g., cardboard) instead.

Another form of recyc. is the salvage of certain materials from complex products, either due to their intrinsic value (e.g., lead from car batteries, or gold from computer components), or due to their hazardous nature (e.g., removal and reuse of mercury from various items).

Critics of recyc. claim that it often wastes more resources than it saves, especially in cases where it is mandated by the government.

Note here that municipal recycle may nevertheless still be worthwhile if the net cost is less than the landfill or other disposal costs for the same amount of material.


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