I still remember learning about the 3R’s i.e. Reduce Reuse
Recycle for my Environmental Studies subject in junior school. At that time memorizing the 3R’s
was the simplest thing to do. However, we hardly apply this process in our real
lives.
Recycling can be
defined as a process of converting waste materials into useful products to
satisfy our wants. This in turn reduces the consumption of fresh raw materials,
reduces energy usage and reduces pollution. Recycling aims to produce the fresh
supply of the same material like paper, glass, metal, textiles, and electronics, are some recyclable items.
Recycling contributes towards a healthy environment. Nearly
100 trees are cut down to produce 50,000 sheets of paper. Recycling paper would
surely minimize the repeated tree felling.
Recycling enables to conserve energy as well since a large
amount of energy is used up by manufacturers to produce goods. At the same
time, recycling industrial products like cans, plastics etc helps to
considerably reduce pollution.
It also helps to reduce the phenomena of Global Warming. When
heaps of waste is burnt, greenhouse gases like CO2 and CFC’s are released in
the atmosphere. However, recycling products does not harm the environment and
promotes judicial use of resources.
