Recycling
...u know what recycling mean? Recycling is the processing of waste or rubbish back into raw materials so that it can be made into new items. It is undoubtedly beneficial to the individual, the community and the planet. Now I will explain you how recycling benefits our lives. Benefits of Recycling We dump around 83 per cent of our waste in landfill sites. But this isn't the end of the problem: poorly managed sites can cause a range of environmental problems, not least the production of methane gas, which contributes to climate change. As well as methane, a liquid called leachate is produced as the waste decomposes. This can seep into underground rivers and streams and into surface water to pollute the natural environment and cause health problems. A further nine per cent of household waste is incinerated but this disposal method can create pollutants such as extremely dangerous dioxins, heavy metals and the gases that cause acid rain. Recycling waste helps avoid these problems. Recycling reduces our use of landfills and incinerators because it reduces the amount of garbage we throw away by 25-50%. Recycling protects our health and environment because it removes harmful substances and pollution from the waste stream, which is all of the waste or garbage i...