Does recycling help decrease global warming effects?

Question

I really want to recycle but my apt complex doesnt have any aptions. Where do i go?

Answer 1

YES RECYCLING REALLY HELPS. TESCO AND OTHER SUPERMARKETS HAVE RECYCLING

Answer 2

Yes, if you don't recycle, dumps will get bigger creating pollution.

Answer 3

somehow it helps the decrease of global warming effects. but many are saying it is not reliable to recycle because it is more expensive. see a section in this article. find the sentence. it said you use more resources when recycling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recycling#D...

not quite good.

Answer 4

well....... uhh.... ummm... thats a good question.  you see, i would thing that recycling is bad for global warming because you have set things on fire and such. So actually, recyling isnt good for global warming, it's just good for the environment. Think about it, you have paer to recyle? it saves trees and when people cut down trees, it creates pollution which impacts the global warming factor. and paper, all they do is get water, shred paper, and put the shredds in one little flat drainging thing, and that makes recyled paper.. but for cans, they melt the cans with fire. so it really depends on what you're recyling. Paper is the best to recycle, not metals. Now for your apartment, go around ask people what they do for recycling....

Answer 5

Don't confuse pollution and landfills with global warming. Except for recycling aluminum, most recycling is energy-inefficient and contributes to carbon dioxide ( if you think THAT contributes to global warming ). Landfills probably contribute because they generate methane which, if not captured, is a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.

Much recycling is wasteful of time and energy but makes the ignorant feel good. McDonald's switched from plastic to paper-fiber even after an analysis showed that the polystyrene foam had a smaller effect on the environment than the paper. It would have been bad PR to keep the plastic

Answer 6

Don't buy things in packages.

Use cloth bags to carry your groceries. Buy groceries that you make into food yourself. Avoid as much processed, pre-packaged stuff as you can. This will do as much as recycling. (cook your own 'instant' foods and freeze them for later)

Of the things most effective: recycle aluminum cans, find someone you know with a yard and put food scraps on compost piles.