Why Recycle?
Posted by admin on April 23rd, 2009 . Filed under: Environment .Why recycle? Here are some of the reasons why recycling is of critical importance in terms of saving the natural resources of our planet and reducing the amount of pollution:
Each ton of recycled paper allows to save:
14 tall trees
between 280 and 400 tonnes of water
440/660 lbs of oil equivalents
By collecting plastic materials and recycling them not only we can reduce the amount of heavy pollution and the volume of waste derived from plastic, but with recycled plastic there is 7 times less consumption of energy otherwise used to obtain the same objects by producing them by the classic chemical industrial processes.
Each ton of recycled glass allows to save:
450 lbs of oil equivalents
1,500 lbs of sand
330 lbs of soda
330 lbs of dolomite
Every 40 RECYCLED aluminum cans (approx. 1 kg of aluminum) enable a saving of:
4 grams of BAUXITE (one of the main minerals from which aluminum is obtained, that is becoming more and more scarce)
11 lbs of oil equivalents
Steel production using iron scrap, instead of the mineral, allows to save:
65% of energy
40% of water
86% less air pollution
76% less water pollution
So why recycle? From this data offered by the WWF it should be clear how crucial it is to recycle as much as possible in order to save on raw materials, natural resources that are becoming scarcer, and reduce the pollution of the environment. Every single object that we recycle is important, so recycle as much as you can!
