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Collectors

Recycling

Recycle to Save our Planet

Collecting, processing, manufacturing, and buying recycled products all result in positive benefits for our vast world. So many different products, paper, metal, aluminum, glass, plastic, and so much more can be recycled and reused to keep unnecessary trash out of landfills. Recycling does not just consist of reusing materials but preserving and being energy conscious of limited resources. Never taking more than needed is a great start to recycling to save the planet and preserve the resources we have left. Although many don’t want to take the time, recycling causes beneficial outcomes because it reserves resources, reduces energy use, and preserves the environment. Although some argue that recycling costs money for all the transportation and processing involved in recycling materials, it costs far much more to make new products from their original raw materials. transporting all the gathered garbage and throwing them away costs more than even the cost involved in transporting them for this causes environmental pollution which the current population pays for and also the future generations. Worst still, burying them in some holes under grounds leads to soil pollution especially when non-biodegradable materials are buried. And all of this transportation can cost less when switching to environment friendly materials and recyclable. In regards to money and cost of the machinery that are needed to recycle the materials, it cost approximately the same as the incineration machinery. n addition, the cost of recycling and reusing materials is far much less than the cost involved in manufacture of these products from their virgin raw materials for example, it costs far much less to produce papers from recyclable waste papers than it costs to produce paper from raw wood which leads to avoiding landfill or incineration fees. Furthermore the value of damaging and conserving our natural resources cannot be estimated but it is greatly high; not to forget the value of saved energy by recycling materials rather than obtaining them from their original raw materials.