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The Importance Of Recycling

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Unfortunately, the Earth is no longer fit to sustain the world’s consumerist lifestyle without its resources being depleted. Luckily, many products used today are manufactured with recyclable materials- plastic, tin, wood, paper, etc. Even though many items are reusable the world has quickly developed the habit of dumping everything into oceans, landfills, even streets. As a result, the climate continues to warm the Earth, and the world becomes crowded and polluted compromising human health and the environments well-being. Awareness is slowly but surely rising, and cities are continuing to climb aboard the concept, and importance, of recycling. There are other methods to combating global warming and pollution, but recycling has proven to be the best technique. However, although many cities are adopting a green status, San Antonio is not one of them. “Residential recycling has improved over the last decade…” but local businesses require more incentive to want to recycle. To fight off the continuing effects of climate change, San Antonio must become a city that recycles by providing convenient access to recycling to both residents and businesses.
“Recycling” refers to used or old products that are transformed into new products, instead of being thrown away. Recycling uses less energy from discarded materials or natural resources, so the Earth’s finite resources are not exhausted. For example, animal droppings are sometimes recreated as paper so that trees are conserved.

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