RECYCLING

MAKES DIFFERENCE
? - By Bishal Budhapirthi
Access To Business & IT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
 GARBAGE
 UK produces more
than 434 million
tonnes of waste
every year: enough
to fill Albert Hall in
London in less
than 2 hours.
 Many dumping
site are full and
running out of
space.
[Source: wasteonline.org.uk]
Questions
• Is Recycling really worth it ?
• Does it save or cost money ?
• Is Recycling good for environment or not?
• Is Recycling really going to make any
difference to this world ?
Contents
• Introduction of Recycling
• Ways of Recycling
• Importance/Benefits of Recycling
• Adverse effect of Recycling
• Effective way & encouragement
• Conclusion
What is Recycling ?
• Recycling simply refers to the process of
converting waste materials into usable
resources.
• Recycling means using the core elements
of an old product as raw materials to
manufacture new goods.
• The most ordinary items can be recycled
are: Plastic, Glass, Paper, Batteries ,
Aluminium etc.
Ways of Recycling
• Collecting & processing the old products;
those products are sorted ,cleaned for
manufacturing new products.
• Processing old products to produce raw
materials for manufacturing new products.
• Buying the recycled materials which leads
to better success of the recycling process.
Benefits of Recycling
1.Conservation of Natural Resources
By using recycled
materials: reduce
the need to cut
down trees, drill
for oil and mine for
minerals.
On average every
tonne of paper
recycled saves
approximately 17
trees.
2.Energy Savings
 One recycled glass
bottle can save
enough energy to
power the light
bulb for four hours.
 One recycled tin
can save enough
energy to power a
television for three
hours.
[Source: recycling-guide.org.uk]
3. Environmental Protection
• Reduce pollution
• Reduce
greenhouse gas
emissions
• Reduce CO2 gas
emissions
4. Jobs Creation
10,000 tons of waste:
• Incinerated, creates
1 jobs
• Landfilled, creates 6
jobs
Jobs
• Recycled, creates
36 jobs
Leads to economic Incinerated
Landfilled
development Recycled

[Source: The Green Parent Website]

5. Financial Benefits
• Earn money
selling recyclables
i.e. Cell phones,
Ink cartridges etc.
• Reduced costs of
waste disposal i.e.
Community
financial benefits
Adverse Effect of Recycling
• Recycling sites: Dirty & unhygienic
• Pollutes the soil & water
• Expensive i.e. fees are often charged
because of processing costs used to make
the end product.
• Time consuming
• Monotonous
Effective Way and
Encouragement
• Organising trash with recycling containers
encourage family, neighbours & co-workers
to recycle.
• Well conceived public campaigns
• Dropping leaflets promoting about recycling
• Buying & using recycled product
 Conclusion
• Recycling has become very important
concern in building differences in
environmental, financial, economic & social
terms.
• Facts shows millions of benefits on
recycling.
• So recycling is vital for future to make this
home planet a best place to live.