WHY RECYCLE?

THE GRAPHIC BELOW SHOWS THE CYCLE OF PRODUCTION FROM NATURE TO TRASH.

 

ALL PACKAGING THAT IS LEFT OVER FROM THE PRODUCTS WE BUY BECOMES TRASH. OTHER WORDS FOR TRASH ARE: GARBAGE, LITTER, RUBBISH.

 

RECYCLING MEANS TO RE-USE THE TRASH THAT IS LEFT OVER AFTER THE WE HAVE USED THE PRODUCT TO MAKE A NEW PRODUCT.

HERE THE EXAMPLE IS WOOD, THIS COMES FROM TREES AND IS USED FOR MANY PRODUCTS: PAPER, TISSUES, BOXES AND PACKAGING, FOR EXAMPLE.

MANY RAW MATERIALS COME FROM NATURE- THIS CAN BE METAL, WOOD, RUBBER, MINERALS AND OTHER THINGS IN FORESTS, MOUNTAINS OR THE GROUND.

 

WE NEED THESE TO MAKE THINGS LIKE: PAPER, TIN CANS, FURNITURE AND OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WE BUY EVERYDAY.

 

THE PRODUCTS ARE THEN THROWN AWAY IN THE DUST OR RUBBISH BIN AND THEN THEY ARE TRANSPORTED TO THE TRASH DUMP, RUBBISH TIP OR LANDFILL.

 

ALL THE PRODUCTS, SUCH AS FOOD, PACKAGING, CLOTHES, FURNITURE WILL BECOME TRASH ONE DAY.

 

THIS MEANS THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MORE AND MORE TRASH WITHOUT STOPPING UNTIL WE FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT LESS.

 

SO WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO:

 

1. PRODUCE LESS TRASH AND

2. TO DEAL WITH THE TRASH WE DO MAKE

 

THE BEST WAY IS TO RECYCLE. THIS WAY WE USE THE TRASH AGAIN AND HAVE LESS TRASH AND WE USE LESS NATURAL MATERIALS, LIKE TREES.

 

OTHER WAYS OF DISPOSING OF TRASH ARE: THROWING IT IN THE SEA. BUT THIS IS BAD FOR ALL THE FISH THAT LIVE THERE AND FOR US.

ANOTHER WAY IS BY BURNING THE TRASH TO MAKE IT LESS. BUT THIS POLLUTES THE AIR AND IS POISONOUS FOR PEOPLE LIVING NEAR BY.

ANOTHER WAY IS BY PUTTING THE TRASH UNDER THE GROUND, THIS IS CALLED LANDFILL. BUT SOME OF THE TRASH HAS POISONOUS SUBSTANCES IN IT AND THIS CAN GO INTO THE DRINKING WATER UNDER THE GROUND.

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