Benefits of recycling
Main reasons why we recycle:
- Conserves natural resources
- Decreases ecosystem destruction
- Reduces waste and landfill space
- Reduces greenhouse gas emissions
- Shrinks other forms of pollution
- Saves energy
- Creates jobs
Environmental Benefits of Recycling:
- Reduces the number of natural resources we have to gather
- Lowers the amount of waste we create and send to landfills
- Decreases the number of delicate ecosystems impacted by resource extraction
- Reduces the number of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere
- Lowers the overall pollution of our air, water, and land by not extracting new resources every time we need something
Economic Benefits of Recycling:
- Reduces the need to create new landfill space
- Increases the investment in eco-friendly infrastructure
- Improves resource allocation to recycling programs and facilities
- Reduces waste by converting garbage and recycling
- Grows the circular economy involved in all reduce, reuse, and repurpose activities
- Saves money by lowering how often people need to buy brand-new items
Social Benefits of Recycling:
- Improves public health
- Increases in our shared purpose of caring for the planet
- Improves communal spirit
- Increases the number of people and businesses committed to eco-friendly practices
- Enhances people’s sense of purpose by contributing to improving their community and world