The Advantages and Drawbacks of Recycling
The Advantages and Drawbacks of Recycling
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Nowadays, recycling has become an indispensable part of people’s lives. It is necessary for the industry, the society, and the environment today. However, recycling is not a fad, and it has a long history when it can be recorded. Before the days of mass production, households recycled their material possessions as a need of economic. Recycling has been one of the growth industries of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and become one of the best environmental success stories. At present, recycling still is the people’s hot topic.
People have realized the importance to save the environment and thus recycling has developed into the first choice method to contribute to the earth. Recycling has many advantages. It can tackle environmental problems, save energy while reduce waste and turn the wastes into treasures.
Above everything else, recycling can tackle environmental problems. A winning invention which is a solar water heater making by plastic bottles and milk cartons is cheap, simple and widely used. It not only solves the problems in Brazil but also has benefits for people. The inventor, Jose Alano, only want to reuse the waste and make contributions to the environment. He never wanted to profit from it.
Secondly, recycling can save energy while reduce waste. Less-industrialized countries face a mounting hazardous e-waste problem unless proper recycling measures are enforced，says the UN(2010). It means that those countries which have sharp rise in electronics sales need to establish the collection and recycling facilities, so, according to Achim Steiner(2010), a wide range of valuable metals including silver, gold, palladium, copper and indium can be reused. In addition, e-waste recycling can also recover valuable natural resources, curb hearth problems and supply more jobs.
Thirdly, recycling can turn waste to useful things. Wastewater will lead a water-borne disease in some developing countries.
（Synthesis）
Nowadays, recycling has become an indispensable part of people’s lives. It is necessary for the industry, the society, and the environment today. However, recycling is not a fad, and it has a long history when it can be recorded. Before the days of mass production, households recycled their material possessions as a need of economic. Recycling has been one of the growth industries of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and become one of the best environmental success stories. At present, recycling still is the people’s hot topic.
People have realized the importance to save the environment and thus recycling has developed into the first choice method to contribute to the earth. Recycling has many advantages. It can tackle environmental problems, save energy while reduce waste and turn the wastes into treasures.
Above everything else, recycling can tackle environmental problems. A winning invention which is a solar water heater making by plastic bottles and milk cartons is cheap, simple and widely used. It not only solves the problems in Brazil but also has benefits for people. The inventor, Jose Alano, only want to reuse the waste and make contributions to the environment. He never wanted to profit from it.
Secondly, recycling can save energy while reduce waste. Less-industrialized countries face a mounting hazardous e-waste problem unless proper recycling measures are enforced，says the UN(2010). It means that those countries which have sharp rise in electronics sales need to establish the collection and recycling facilities, so, according to Achim Steiner(2010), a wide range of valuable metals including silver, gold, palladium, copper and indium can be reused. In addition, e-waste recycling can also recover valuable natural resources, curb hearth problems and supply more jobs.
Thirdly, recycling can turn waste to useful things. Wastewater will lead a water-borne disease in some developing countries.
References: Ecologist Magazine (24 March 2010) ‘Human waste could be fertiliser and power source’ The Ecologist (22 Feb 2010) ‘UN warns India and China over growing problem of e-waste’ Zilli, G. (6 May 2010) ‘How to make a solar water heater from plastic bottles’, The Ecologist Magazine