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If you can make recycling your hobby, it would be great for you, your community, and the world at large. But, recycling is usually not people’s first choice of hobbies. Most think that it is a chore to have to recycle and they do it as often as they take thrash out.

What is recycling?

Recycling involves processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for “conventional” waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production. Recycling is a key component of modern waste management and is the third component of the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” waste hierarchy.

What materials can be recycled?

Recyclable materials include many kinds of:

• glass,
• paper,
• metal,
• plastic,
• textiles, and
• electronics.

Although similar in effect, the composting or other reuse of biodegradable waste – such as food or garden waste – is not typically considered recycling. Materials to be recycled are either brought to a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.

If you want to explore the option of recycling and possible incorporate it into your everyday life, then this is an interesting book to read.

Why Do We Recycle?: Markets, Values, and Public Policy