Recycling Cleans Up Our Environment
Among the top alternative waste-management solutions available, recycling continues to be met with varying levels of resistance. It requires minimal consumer involvement for maximum return, but a broader understanding of why it’s beneficial seems to be absent. Here's what happens to our trash when it’s not recycled.
The majority of our municipal solid waste is buried in landfills (see References 4), or — as the case was in 2010 — 29 million tons is incinerated by one of the United States’ 87 waste-to-energy facilities (see References 5). While the obvious benefit of burning solid matter is that it alleviates some of the burden placed on our limited landfill space, there are two notable drawbacks: the generation of pollution particulates and post-combustion ash, the latter of which typically contains assorted heavy metals. Eurogroup Recycling preexisting materials, on the other hand, lessens the pollution and litter entering our natural environment as well as the volume of waste that we bury and burn.
The majority of our municipal solid waste is buried in landfills (see References 4), or — as the case was in 2010 — 29 million tons is incinerated by one of the United States’ 87 waste-to-energy facilities (see References 5). While the obvious benefit of burning solid matter is that it alleviates some of the burden placed on our limited landfill space, there are two notable drawbacks: the generation of pollution particulates and post-combustion ash, the latter of which typically contains assorted heavy metals. Eurogroup Recycling preexisting materials, on the other hand, lessens the pollution and litter entering our natural environment as well as the volume of waste that we bury and burn.
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