ADVANTAGES OF RECYCLING

All processes produce waste from manufacturing to the finished product. Waste
is any solid or liquid material that is rejected whether used or unused. In order to
prevent accumulation of waste which can be harmful the concept of recycling is
put to use.
Recycling of waste is the making of new products from materials that have
previously served their use or are not required. These materials are put into new
use which otherwise could have been thrown away. Recycling can also be seen
as an environment friendly way of disposing off these materials from our
environments. Large populations of people today are realizing the benefits of
recycling globally with many still unaware of the importance of doing so.
Recycling benefits the people and their environments in several ways which
include the following:
It conserves the natural resources as it reduces the need for raw materials by
Industries. Natural resources provide our industries with raw materials for their
industrial processes like Paper factories which use timber from trees. A lot of
paper which is the finished product of these factories end-up as waste after
being used in offices and schools. These can be collected and recycled to
produce new products by the same factories. Many paper industries today are
recycling paper waste to make toilet papers and paper bags which are most
commonly used around the world.
Recycling also protects the environments that we live in by preventing pollution.
It is common in many third world nations to find litter which comprises plastic
bags and paper which cannot decompose thus maintaining their state for years
on the soil. This makes the environment unpleasant to be in or even look at.
Discharge of raw sewage into our environments also worsens the situation by
contaminating it. In order to ensure that our environment is protected, we should
embrace the concept of personal responsibility by ensuring we re-use and reduce
all non-biodegradable materials.
Recycling protects our health in several ways. The materials that we do not need
and wrongfully dispose of may find their way back in our households in different
ways. Raw and untreated sewage emanating from industries and hotels if
discharged into water bodies becomes hazardous for living organisms.
Contaminated water if used for farming and cooking by communities results into
waterborne diseases like pneumonia and typhoid which is common in places
where water is polluted. Plastic bags also disposed openly on the environment
become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. When it rains plastic bags trap water
that serves as habitat for mosquito larvae which can result to malaria outbreak.
CONCLUSION
Recycling plays an important role in modern economies that are characterized by
increasing industrialization which creates pressure for limited natural resources
by ensuring waste is re-used and reduced.

Introduction
The human population is ever increasing as well as the wants of people, which
continues to put pressure on the minimal natural resources on earth, and this
threatens the mere survival of the human race (Baud, Johan, & Furedy, 2004).
For this reason, there is the need to look for a way to converse the limited
natural resources. Moore (2008) defines recycling as the practice of sorting out,
collecting, remanufacturing or converting of waste products into new materials.
The process involves a series of steps to produce new products. Waste recycling
plays vital roles such as reducing the utilization of raw materials, energy
convention and air pollution. Moreover, it is a key constituent of modern waste
reduction. Studies affirm that waste recycling helps in extending the life and
usefulness of products that have served their initial purpose by producing
numerous things that are useable (Baud, Johan, & Furedy, 2004). It is not only
significant but also has numerous profits to humans and the natural
environment. Therefore, why is recycling significant and what materials can be
recycled? Almost all wastes in the environment can be recycled; some of them
include batteries, clothing, electronics, glass, metals, paper and plastics, which
are mostly made from natural assets. While recycling has become part of daily
activities, many people fail to understand the full significance of recycling. In the
views of many people, recycling is meant to reduce the drain on the scarce
natural resources of the planet earth (Moore, 2008). This paper highlights the
importance of waste recycling and concludes that waste recycling is vital for the
survival of both the natural environment and humanity.
The first benefit of waste recycling is that it creates job opportunities for many
people involved in the waste management process such as waste collectors
(Baud, Johan, & Furedy, 2004). In addition, people who sort and process recycled
items also earn a living from waste recycling. This implies that more money in
the community will be spent on local stores and dispensaries. This has various
benefits such as more taxes and revenues to the city or state governments,
production of affordable and durable goods, clean and healthy environment,
clean water, and fresh air to breathe. To sum it up, waste recycling leads to a
healthier economy for everyone concerned (Moore, 2008).
The second benefit of waste recycling is fiscal efficiency, as reported by various
municipalities that point of out fiscal benefits accrued from the adoption of
recycling initiatives, mostly in the form of reduced landfill costs. Landfills pose a
substantial danger to humans and animals; hence, they are not the best method
of waste management. A research undertaken by the Technical University of
Denmark revealed that in 83% cases, the most effective way of disposing
household waste through of waste recycling. In a different view, an evaluation
undertaken by the Danish Environmental Assessment (Moore, 2008) Institute
pointed out that the most efficient way of disposing household waste is
incarceration. It is essential to distinguish fiscal efficiency from economic
efficiency. Cost benefit analysis of waste recycling entails what economists refer
to externalities. Externalities comprise of unpriced benefits and costs to people
rather than private transactions such as lessened air pollution, reduced emission
of greenhouse gases, decreased waste levels and resource utilization, and

reduced hazardous waste materials leaking from landfills (Baud, Johan, & Furedy,
2004). In addition, biodegradable wastes like vegetables, eggshells at home can
be recycled and utilized as manure; this helps in saving money that would have
used to buy fertilizer and instead channel it to other beneficial uses.
Furthermore, recycled materials are less expensive than the original products
and also friendly to the environment.
The third advantage of recycling is that it saves energy; this is because less
energy is required to process recycled materials than to manufacture virgin
materials. According to The Energy Administration, a paper mill utilizes 40 % less
energy to manufacture paper using recycled paper than it needs to manufacture
paper from timber (Moore, 2008). The energy saving attribute of waste recycling
culminates to a number of merits such as decreasing pollution and reducing
costs of production, which creates less anxiety on human health and the natural
environment. Recycling reduces the need for raw materials; as result, forests can
be preserved and conserved and forests leading to a clean environment, rich and
fertile soils, and enriching the aesthetic value of planet earth. Besides saving
energy, recycling wastes plays an instrumental role in mitigating global warming
and eradicating pollution. For instance, recycling can help in saving energy
during industrial processes, which results in reduced greenhouse gas discharge
from industries (Baud, Johan, & Furedy, 2004).
Businesses also benefit when they implement effective waste recycling practices
because they secure improved dealings with consumers in relation to the matter
of preserving the environment. Businesses reduce their production costs and can
use this advantage to lower the price of their commodities; hence increasing
their customer base and profitability. Businesses have an ethical responsibility of
preserving the environment; therefore, waste recycling acts as one of the most
cost effective methods of waste management that corporations can adopt. In
addition, recycling helps to save space because a lot of space used by landfills
full of garbage that can be been recycled, and converted to useful space. By
2008, a considerable portion of recyclable items were present in landfills, which
created a probable growth to recycle waste materials. The Environmental
Protection Agency stated that at least half of the aluminum cans had not been
recycled during 2008 (Moore, 2008).
Conclusion
It is evident from the aforementioned benefits that waste recycling is the key to
effective preservation of natural resources and energy, and creating a pollution
free environment for the benefit of humankind. The identified benefits of waste
recycling discussed in the paper include the creation of job opportunities, saving
energy, fiscal efficiency, mitigation of climate change and pollution, and benefits
for businesses. Therefore, people should embark on the recycling of waste
materials as a means of solving some of the issues affecting the earth such as
global warming and the depletion of natural resources.
In my essay, I evaluate the environmental benefits of recycling and its
importance on our future. After all, there is now scientific evidence showing that

global warming may be irreversible within 15 years, which means the world will
start warming up non-stop until all life on earth is dead. Here I evaluate the
environmental benefits of recycling and how this may help slow the global
warming. Slowing global warming would be a good thing, as it will soon destroy
the earth.
Recycling protects the environment. It means that fewer resources are needed to
create products, which means less pollution and less decimation of our natural
world. On the flip side, recycling is not always economically viable, which means
a company or a person must do it without any financial reward, and since most
people are motivated by moneyit is safe to say that recycling is not a top
priority for most people.
Recycled products may not last as long, but that argument has severe flaws. The
quality of an item usually depends on the production/manufacture process and
not the materials. For example, a consumer item may easily be created using
high quality materials and yet be of a very poor quality. The reverse is also true,
however, the fact that recycled products may (sometimes) be of a lower quality
is a point against recycling. However, there are many times when the energy
saved through recycling means that creating more than one through recycling
saves enough energy and materials to make two products for the same
energy/materials cost of making one from new. This means the process of
recycling means even lower quality items are worth making because they can
easily be replaced without excess energy/materials being spent/used.
There are many items that are not safe to recycle and many that are unhygienic
to recycle. This means that some items may never be recycled both now and in
the near future. On the flip side, there are a lot of products and materials that
can be recycled, and the amount of pollution they save is massive. If there were
a way of making unsafe and unhygienic things so that they may be recycled,
then the reduction of pollution would extend even further.
Recycling is not widespread enough, and as long as there is no financial benefit
to recycling it is unlikely that it will be widespread. This is a shame because there
are financial benefits that will benefit the entire community and country. For
example, less space in landfills means less need for taxes to pay for them. There
is also the fact that more green jobs means more money in the pocket of the
general public. More green jobs will also help the economy, which is going to
help people lead better and healthier lives.
Conclusion
To conclude my evaluation, I find that recycling is obviously very important if we
wish to slow the destruction of this planet. We need to do more to increase the
amount of recycling that goes on in our country. We also need to find ways of
recycling items that are unhygienic and/or unsafe
Recycling Waste
With the increasing human population the needs for the people also increases.
But the point of concern is that are there enough natural resources to service all

your needs. What if these resources finish, this is one thing we need to ponder
upon. We need to start recycling waste to converse our natural resources.
Recycling is simply the process of reusing the items from which utility can still be
derived. It is important to recycle waste so that you can at least converse some
of our natural resources for our generations to come.
Many products such as paper, cardboards, and cups come from trees. In fact
trees are our natural assets, you can converse trees by recycling the paper
products we can minimize the number of trees cut down a year. This is one form
of waste recycling. One should understand and know the importance of recycling
waste materials. One simple benefit of recycling is it saves our resources. It will
be wise to reuse metal item as metal reserves may be depleting. You can sold
your wore out metal items for recycling. As mentioned earlier, recycling of waste
papers can save our forests.
Recycling waste not only save our natural resources but also help save energy.
By simply recycling an item or making a basic fix to it, we can we save all the
energy that would have been consumed in the process of making it. The same
example can be taken with plastic items. A large amount of energy can be saved
by simply reusing the plastic items. To recycle waste is to simply reduce
pollution. By recycling plastic material we can reduce air pollution as well as
water pollution. Plastic factories produced large amount of smoke when
producing plastic material at the same time if we dont have proper waste
disposal system those waste emissions will cause water pollution. Recycling
waste in a way helps reduce pollution.
In simple words, recycling or recycling waste is essential to both natural
environment and humans. To sum up, recycling minimizes the need for raw
materials so that the rainforests can be preserved. Great amounts of energy are
used when making products from raw materials. Recycling requires much less
energy and therefore helps to preserve natural resources. One needs to know the
importance of recycling at the same time being earth friendly can help our planet
a better place to live in.
Introduction
Reduce, reuse and recycle is a concept that people everywhere are starting to
understand and apply to everyday life. Its principles are quite basic, but are a
necessity for maintaining a sustainable life. To remain productive, reducing ones
intake of energy and materials is vital. The toxicity of trash is at an all time high
and the only way to stop this is by preventing waste from the very beginning of
its life. The concept of reuse is applied by reinventing items after their initial life
and avoiding additional waste by all means necessary. Though the concept of
reuse is very important to the lifecycle of a material, there are times when a
second life simply cannot be created for a certain item. However, when one does
have to throw an item away; an important proactive strategy is to buy products
that can be recycled or, at the very least, determine in advance the product is an
alternative to a similar, less recyclable material. Recycling is the process of
turning items considered to be waste into a valuable resource. This process does

include many steps, but begins with taking items such as cans, glass,
newspapers or plastic to a recycle bin or collection facility. The more often
individual users partake in this practice by consciously making themselves aware
of an items recyclability, the easier the entire process will be for the rest of the
world. This ease will simply create a higher demand for recycled products and
will be more of an incentive for large companies and corporations to use and buy
recycled products, making the entire process more successful and stress free.
These simple ideas of reduce, reuse, recycle are just the beginning of challenging
ourselves in preserving our environment, but extremely essential in ensuring the
success of conservation. The notion of reduce, reuse and recycle was obvious
when developing a concept for Resource Management. By design, Resource
management is the practice of effectively managing the services that already
exist within our building and creating a more healthful and efficient environment.
This is an important aspect of sustainability in locations that may have been built
years ago without sustainability in mind, and can thus use an efficiency
makeover; such as the College of Architecture and Planning. In order to specify
the needs of a building, we must look at the general ideas of reduce, reuse and
recycle as a simplified and straightforward approach for any individual to adopt
and practice. The concept of reduce, reuse and recycle can be used by any
person at any age in any environment. Applying this concept in architecture
school should be extremely important because, as architects, we should be
making a conscious effort in designing for sustainably. Lack of resources can
often make the process of conservation more difficult, which has become a major
factor in the lack of the three Rs currently being practiced at the college. We, as
a college, now realize the importance for facilitating these ideas, with such
initiatives as a collection bin for students to drop off unwanted materials that
others could use, as well as additional recycling bins that facilitate materials
other than just mixed paper and cans. We also realized that the entire student
body could do more in reusing items that would have normally been discarded in
the trash, thus ending their initial use. Architects should be very familiar with the
importance of this concept and the leader in applying its ideas in the field. As
architects, we have the opportunity to design space specifically for people and
with this opportunity we should be depicting how, even in buildings, these ideas
are very important. By creating space for people where they live, work and play,
we should be creating a model example of how they should be implementing
sustainability into their daily lives. Most people are unaware that most of our
greenhouse gas emissions come from buildings and construction. Architects
need to be fully aware that they have the power to motivate their clients into
creating buildings with either low or zero carbon emissions. Changing current
practices will inevitably take time and may be slow to instill in the designs of
others, but in doing so there will be significant reductions of the wasting of our
natural resources and non-renewable energy. Architects should be advocates of
sustainable living whether it is through design but also in our everyday life.
Practicing the ideas of reduce, reuse and recycle is imperative in all aspects of
life, but especially in the practice of architecture. Architects are already
acknowledging the fact that we need to reduce our consumption of materials and
reduce waste from construction. Reuse can be utilized by reusing materials from

a preexisting building. Masonry and metal can be reused in future projects, and
businesses can proactively auction off their used furniture or appliances when
moving or closing locations. Recycling has been practiced for a very long time in
both sophisticated methods and also the most primitive of ways. The concept of
recycling isnt new to the vernacular of sustainability; however, we as a nation
should be consistently incorporating its merits into our daily routine. Recycling at
larger scale job sites should be as seamless as a consideration of common
practice. All metal, concrete and glass should be arranged to be discarded
properly if not reused completely in a new project.
Recycle
In terms of Recycling, some improvement is needed in the stagnant practices
currently being used by the University. Though a proactive effort has been made
by most aspects of the college to provide recycling cans and locations for
student use, many materials still end up in the trash can and dont get a chance
to be reused in a second life. If the school were to create an initiative requiring
all recycling bins to be placed near trashcans, students would be encouraged to
choose a better option outside of simply throwing away their trash. One main
reason for a student to not recycle is convenience: the easier we can make the
process on the busy student lifestyle, the more frequently this conservation will
occur. Another obstacle in recycling is, quite simply, student education. Many
students do not recycle because they dont have the time to devote to learning
which bins are appropriate to use with certain items. Again, convenience is key in
the life of the student. Bins need to be clearly and simply marked as to what can
or cannot be recycled. If these bins were then color coded per a certain material,
students would not need to devote any time to reading the list of items that are
allowed, they could learn to recycle simply based on a color stimulus. Eventually,
this color coding could be implemented in all aspects of society, making the act
of recycling an unconscious action rather than a conscious thought.
Conclusion
In discussing the importance of reduce, reuse and recycle, it is very important to
begin the conversation early, specifically at the educational level. The issue of
sustainability has become a hot button issue in recent years among the
architecture community, which is a step in theright direction and an important
conversation to keep current among practitioners. However, as younger
generations complete school and emerge into practice, they carry with them the
most current knowledge and trends of the industry. In preparing for becoming
licensed architects in the field, we must be indoctrinated into this behavior early
on and make it into a lifestyle. Our priorities and values cannot be the same as
they were for graduating architecture students of 50 years ago. In this changing
climate, we must make it a priority to move forward into our individual careers
with a conscious mind towards the priorities of our environment and the needs of
our community. In this same respect, the college of Architecture and Planning
must serve as the initial and most important front presented to students entering
this industry. New architecture students should be able to look at their very place
of learning as the loudest reminder towards these sustainable ideas. In both
conceptual theory and the building itself, the program must strive towards

providing the best example of sustainable habits in every aspect of our

environment. This imperative indoctrination will only occur if an easy synthesis of
both ideas and lifestyle occurs at every level of the pre practice education.
Currently, the resources available at the College of Architecture and Planning are
minimal in promoting these ideas, and are in dire need of renovation. As time is
certainly a factor, every effort should be made to create a NetZero environment
that can both teach the students these sustainable ideas while also providing a
place for inhabitation. Through this change, students will learn successful habits
for both passive and active cohabitation with their environment that they can
then carry on with them into practice and into the world.