Recycling

Going Green

Recycling is the act of reusing products rather than simply disposing of them after you use them. To recycle is extremely helpful to our environment. Simply recycling household items such as clothing, cans, bottles and paper goods can make a huge difference.
Most people simply put out the trash without giving a thought to where it goes. Consequently, landfill sites are overflowing and garbage is becoming a huge problem.
A great amount of this trash that is thrown out could be recycled but because of ignorance and laziness the problem continues.

Many places offer curbside pickup for recycling. They sort through your things separating newspapers, glass and plastics to reuse them or manufacture them into other useable goods.

Recycling:

How Recycling Works

Common Recycled Materials

Cash from Recycling

 

 

Recycling is a method of reusing materials that would otherwise be disposed of in landfills Household products that contain glass, aluminum, paper, and plastic are used for recycling and to make new products. Recycling has many benefits: it saves money in production and energy costs, helps save the environment from the impacts of extracting and processing materials, and which means that there is less trash that needs to be disposed.
Remember the Three R’s:

Reduce pollution
Reserve natural resources
Recycle products / waste

The more individuals who practice recycling, the better shape our world will be in!!!

Gerald Garrels takes full responsibility for the information posted. The information on this page represents that of Gerald Garrels and not that of California State University Sacramento .