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Recycling
A numbers of wastes in America are growing from 247 million tons of non-hazardous waste in 1990, to 409 million tons in 2001. The increasing number of wastes in each year causes the crisis of pollution. Recycling is the process of transforming used/wasted materials into useful materials which can be used again. In other word, recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources. Using recycled materials can lower energy costs for manufacturers because recycling is a key to reduce the consumption of raw materials such as land, plants, minerals, and water, etc. so using materials more than once which means we conserve natural resources as well. Recyclable materials include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, and electronics. In each year, Americans haul 82 million tons of trash to recycling center but that’s still just 32.5 percent of trash that US people throw out. To emphasize that why we should recycle the used materials, the following will show the benefit of recycling:
* Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced; by avoiding methane emissions and reducing energy required can contribute to climate change.
* Decreases the amount of CO2 produced.
* Prevents the pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from raw materials.
* Helps maintain the environment for future generations.
* Reduce a number of wastes and saves considerable landfill space.
* Reduces the need for landfill and incineration.
* Reduces the consumption of energy and water.
* Decreases the need for disposal.
* Protects and expands US manufacturing jobs
* Increases US competitiveness.
* Prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products from virgin materials.
* Saves energy.
* Saves natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals.
How to Recycle Glass?
There are a lot of glasses that are sent to a landfill and that take up to a million years to break down. In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency noted that even though the most of glass that enters to trash in the form of bottles and jars, and also it an appears in everything from appliances and electronics to furniture. So, to ensure that your used glass doesn’t go to waste, please learn the types of glass that are recyclable, and the proper ways to recycle them. Here is some tip for recycle your used glass:
· In your local may have special regulations or restrictions regarding to glass recycling, so call your local public works department to learn about drop-off or curbside.
· Remind that you can only recycle glass containers in most recycling programs, so divide type of glass before send them to recycle and don’t forget remove all broken glass, and non-recyclables such as glassware, light bulb, mirrors or pottery.
· Contaminants such as dirt, lids, rings or collars around bottlenecks should be removed, and also, don’t forget remove any containers that contain hazardous materials, such as acids, mercury, and so on out of your recyclable material.
· Moreover, try not to break the glass. Even though the glass will eventually be broken because solid containers are safer and easier to sort.
· Perhaps you have paid a deposit and sort all containers by color, if required so you should to separate out bottles.
· If your state has a mandatory beverage container deposit program, you can bring your recyclables curbside to the drop-off center or the bottle collection center.
· Reusable or non-recyclable glass such as dishes, crystal, glassware, and other glass products should be donated or sold, instead of let them end up in a landfill.
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