Recycling Scheme Booklet 2022 - Flipbook - Page 2
WHY SHOULD
YOU RECYCLE?
For years nobody paid attention to the volume of waste in
homes and landfills, however the significant accumulation
of waste started to get noticed by authorities and the longlasting effect on our planet was becoming more and more
of a concern.
Action was required and this is how the process of recycling
came to exist. Recycling is the process of converting waste
into new products, extending the product lifecycle, and
reducing the waste that ends up in landfill.
Recycling is easy to do and can make a real difference in
helping preserve our planet.
Natural Resources
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Secure Destruction & Recycling
As we convert the materials into new products through the process of recycling
the need to consume natural resources is lowered, helping to protect natural
habitats
Saving Energy
New products from recycled materials use up to 30% less energy. Recycling
saves energy by decreasing or eliminating the need to extract new natural
resources. Producing products from scratch incurs costs and is more labour
intensive compared to using already refined and processed recycled materials.
Creating a less energy intensive manufacturing process lowers costs for
businesses and the level of greenhouse gasses emitted into the atmosphere.
Air and Water Pollution
The extraction, refining and processing of raw materials contributes heavily
to air and water pollution. Emitting a high concentration of greenhouse gases
(GHG) into the atmosphere directly links with climate forcing or warming
effect, as the earths natural sink holes cannot absorb the increasing gases
emitted. Soil degradation, water shortages and damages to ecosystems are
unsustainable practices associated with extracting and processing materials
from scratch having long term climatic impacts. In the same way recycling
saves energy, it also reduces the level of GHG emissions emitted helping to
combat climate change.
Zero to Landfill
Zero waste to landfill is a philosophy and design framework focused on
reducing the amount of waste that ends up in landfill. It considers the complete
life cycle of systems, processes and process promoting the sustainable method
to reuse, repurpose and recycle where possible.
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