Recycling is sort of like exercising. We all know we should do it, but not all of us do it as often as we should—and some of us don’t do it at all. However, there are lots of reasons why you should make an effort to recycle as much as possible. If you haven’t been diligent about recycling your garbage, here are a few good reasons why you should start.
The benefits of recycling include:
• It cuts back on global warming.
• It makes us more energy-efficient
• It keeps our landfills from overflowing
• It improves the quality of our groundwater
• It reduces air pollution
• It creates jobs
One person can make a difference. With so many good causes, it’s easy to get discouraged—especially when the problem is so widespread that it’s hard to see what difference your individual effort is making. Many people think this is true with recycling, too, but the truth is that small acts of recycling make a big difference. For example, recycling just one large newspaper would save around 75,000 trees. On average, each person in the U.S. produces around 1,600 lbs. of waste each year. If you recycled all of that, you could save around 1,100 lbs. of waste per year. That’s over half a ton just by yourself!
We hope that after reading this article, you’ll be inspired to become a recycling advocate—or at least be certain to recycle in the future. Recycling benefits everybody, and takes only a little trash-sorting to put into effect. With our limited space for landfills and dwindling resources, it’s a sure thing that recycling is here to stay.
JW
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