Waste Reduction, Major Step to Heal Environment

What are the benefits of recycling?

According to a recent study, we recycle about 32.5% of our solid waste across various different types of goods. What do we do with the rest?

We burn and destroy 12.5% solid waste at incineration facilities, emitting harmful gases in the atmosphere.

The rest of the waste, about 250 million tons of it, ends up in landfills annually throughout the country. If we could separate and recycle this waste, we could easily benefit from it. 

Four benefits of recycling and using recycled materials

1. Definitely it’s good for the environment

Recycling can significantly reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. It can save on non-reusable resources as well as water and landfill space, and most of all it can save energy. So, recycling reduces emissions, conserves energy, and reduces pollution.

2. To protect our resources

Throwing away objects in the dumpster could increase the pressure on mining for new raw materials. It also wastes the energy such as fuel and other costs associated with mining. Recycling aluminum cans, steel, copper, and other expensive metals can save costly gas money and mining expenses, as well as conserve valuable resources.

3. Jobs opportunities and reinforce the economy

The idea of recycling is gaining popularity among individuals and companies more than ever for both economic and environmental reasons, and jobs in recycling industries are booming.

4. Improving financial incomes

One of the key benefits of recycling is financial income. We could all find several items in our homes that could be recycled and make money from them. Some such items are old furniture, old phones, cables, metal furniture, aluminum cans, metal containers, old clothes, electrical appliances, and more.

Easy ways to reduce waste in order to help the environment

By using these ten simple steps, you can make a big difference! 

• Use your water bottles, coffee mugs and plates for several times, Skip the plastic or paper and get yourself some reusable and refillable kitchenware. 
• Try with bags and containers which are reusable.  Bring them with you when you shop, travel, and when packaging food! We recommend using bags made from recyclable material and glassware for food storage. 
• Adapt old things like using old t-shirts as cleaning rags or food containers as storage containers for other things like office supplies.  
• Begin composting in the kitchen and yard.  Food scraps and yard debris can be composted into fertilizer, helping the soil too!
• Try to Pay your bills online! Going paperless with your bank and other bills helps saves trees! Taking a few minutes to “unsubscribe” to this excess mail can help reduce paper usage.  
• Don’t use any paper materials in the kitchen! Forget paper towels and start using reusable wash cloths and napkins. 

Donating old goods can be another solution. Things like Old clothing, furniture and books can be donated! It’s better than throwing it away. You can help someone who needs these stuff!
Recycling is an option and a way of life style. It’s also could help you make money while helping the environment too. Once you make that choice, you could start taking steps towards recycling, reusing and reducing waste in your daily life quite normally and you could make a big difference.