What does recycling do to the environment?

Question

What does recycling do to the environment?

Answer 1

Recycling is the transformation  of something that uses & (depletes) natural resources in it's original creation and has been remade  into another form of material.  For example Tires.

Tires are now used in road asphalt, rubber mulch, etc.

Recycling plastic bottles  and other plastics provide eco fleece material, reusable Grocery bags , plastic lumber etc. Glass can be continually recycled  as well as metal.  Recycling everything one can  is just common sense as it uses less natural resources.  And it's so simple it works. So what does recycling do to the environment.? Creates Sustainability.  Original forms of plastic is made from what natural resource? When we start to  run out of a natural resource,  & we haven't bothered to find an alternative for  this commodity in a timely matter, then what suffers beside humans being forced to rethink  (& pay high prices ) on  what we consume?  The environment.  Because ; then things like  protected areas where endangered species live are no longer important.  It's survival of the Humans that count.. History has proven this one.   Recycle. The good far outweigh the bad.

Answer 2

In a way its bad- because the machinery used to recycle actually puts out more bad fumes than getting new trees, but hey whatcha gonna do? I think its healthy for us to respect the planet enough to make an atempt to help it, the human race has already set down the path of disaster, its how we will cope with it that will matter now.

Answer 3

It also saves room in the landfills.

Answer 4

Okay , here's just one example. For every thousand tons of paper that can be made into new paper and used again , there are a thousand tons of forest trees that don't have to be cut down . Get the idea ?

The same thing applies to all other items that can be salvaged and used again .

Answer 5

Recycling saves rainforests from being cut down every time we need paper. Recycling takes used paper and makes new paper thus helping the environment