Page 2 - 29. Don't Trash our Future .... Recyle it! - Part 2

Do you know what happens to all the waste we accumulate? Waste with

scrap metal not separated for recycling is often incinerated. Burning waste

releases harmful gases into the air and the soil. By choosing to recycle, we

can do our part to reduce the harmful ashes and gases released into the

atmosphere. We have the power to protect the earth’s resources by

choosing to recycle.

Resource Conservation

By recycling, used materials become repurposed new products for

consumption, reducing the need for using natural resources. Recycling

conserves natural resources, such as wood, water, minerals, and fossil

fuels. When we manufacture new products, we use raw materials from the

earth such as petroleum - to make plastic bags, iron ore - to make steel,

trees - to make paper and bauxite to make aluminum cans. However paper,

glass, steel, aluminium and plastic can be recycled. This decreases resource

depletion, and reduces the destruction of the ecosystem through mining,

drilling and deforestation.