We are aware of the three Rs Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and its benefits to the environment. Reduce is limits the usage of excess products and buy products only for the needy. Reuse is finding alternate options for using new products without purchasing the new one. Recycling is converting a waste product into the new one.  Let’s see how recycling helps the environment and what are the process involved in recycling

Importance of Recycling

Recycling protects our environment and preserves our resources. Check out the importance of recycling to our environment.

Economic growth

Recycling is a sign of the economic growth of the country. Recycling contributes to business expansion, revenues, new start-ups, health, and economic development.

Improves Human Health

Recycling reduces pollution in the air and water that helps to minimize health issues in humans like skin allergies, breathing troubles, viral diseases, etc.

Energy Conservation

Recycling plays a main role in energy conservation and saves energy

Process Involves in Recycling

The recycling process involves three basic steps

Process 1: Collecting the wastes

The first step in recycling involves the collection of wastes to be recycled from various places. Collecting the wastes in a separate tin or cover helps to identify the material. Mostly all the waste bin has separate tins for composable wastes, non-compostable wastes, and recycling wastes.

Process 2: Processing Recyclables

Once the collection is done, allow the recyclables to the recovery process. The waste products are cleansed and processed into raw materials for some other manufacturing.

Process 3: Manufacturing

In the market, most of the products are manufactured with the raw material of recyclables. Even you also purchased the new products made of recycled things without your knowledge. Here is a list of products that contain recycled materials.

• Paper bowls
• Carpets
• Ornaments
• Plastic plates
• Bags and wallets
• Wooden cardboards
• Steel vessels
• Garments
• Household decorative things

What Products Should Be Recycled?

The following list is the common materials to be recycled for future products.

1. Plastics products

Plastic products are the first enemy to the environment that brings various harm and pollution. It takes more time to decompose, so plastics scarps are recycling into useful products. Instead of recycling plastics avoiding the usage of plastic products is the advisable option to maintain our environment health.

2. Paper products

Paper products are recycled into pulps and then turns into new paper products.

3. Glass products

Glass wastes products are recycled without loss in their quality and strength. Recycled glass materials are used as the recipe for new glass manufacturing

4. Metals

Metals like brass, aluminum, brass, iron, copper are recycled into scarps and used as raw materials for new metal manufacturing.

5. Food Products

Food items are under rapid compost items. Food recycling has various benefits like biogas, feed for animals, and for gardens. Eggshells, vegetable peels are used as compost for house-hold plant growth.