Importance of Recycling
Importance of Recycling
ITS RECYCLING IS
IMPORTANT FOR
SIGNIFICANCE:
REDUCING WASTE
BECAUSE IT
REDUCES THE
AMOUNT OF WASTE
THAT ENDS UP IN
LANDFILLS AND
HELPS TO
CONSERVE ENERGY.
RECYCLING IS THE PROCESS OF TURNING WASTE MATERIALS
INTO NEW PRODUCTS. EXAMPLES OF RECYCABLE MATERIALS
INCLUDE:
RECYCLING?
METAL- TIN, ALLUMINIUM, AND STEEL CANS.
u COLLECTION:
u COLLECT RECYCLABLE ITEMS LIKE PAPER, METAL, GLASS
AND PLASTIC.
u SORTING:
u SORT RECYCLABLE ITEMS BY TYPE AND REMOVE
CONTAMINANTS.
u MANUFACTURING:
u USE RECYCLED MATERIALS TO MAKE NEW PRODUCTS.
BENIFITS OF RECYCLING:
u CONSERVATION OF RESOURCES:
u RECYCLING COSERVES RESOURCES BY REDUCING
THE NEED TO EXTRACT, PROCESS AND TRANSPORT
RAW MINERALS.
u ENERGY SAVINGS:
u RECYCLING SAVES ENERGY BY REDUCING THE NEED
TO CREATE NEW MATERIALS FROM RAW
RESOURCES.
u ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION:
u RECYCLING HELPS TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
BY REDUCING WASTE, POLLUTION AND GREEN
HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
HOW WE CAN HELP IN RECYCLING?
u AT HOME: u AT SCHOOL:
u WE CAN HELP AT HOME BY u WE CAN HELP AT SCHOOL BY
REDUCING WASTE, REUSING ITEMS, REUSING, RECYCLING AND
RECYLING WHAT YOU CAN AND REDUCING WASTE AND MANY MORE
MANY MORE THINGS LIKE: THINGS LIKE:
u ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO u USE RECYCLED PAPER
RECYCLE
u REFILL PLASTIC BOTTLES
u TEACH KIDS HOW TO RECYCLE
u RECYCLE HIGH GRADE PAPERS.
THROUGH GAMES AND ACTIVITIES.
DID YOU KNOW THAT RECYCLING ONE
TON OF PAPER CAN SAVE 17 TREES AND
7,000 GALLONS OF WATER!
YOU!! 4TH