{"id":4528,"date":"2020-11-22T02:03:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T02:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=4528"},"modified":"2020-11-22T19:10:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T19:10:31","slug":"waste-recycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/waste-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4528\" class=\"elementor elementor-4528\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5717251 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5717251\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0d55b0\" 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data-id=\"9c2d7e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Waste management<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6de3c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"c6de3c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-waste-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4582 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-is-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What is waste?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4581 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/kinds-of-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Kinds of waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4578 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/sources-of-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Sources of waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4580 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/waste-disposal\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Waste disposal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4579 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/waste-recycling\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Waste recycling<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4577 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/recycling-paper-waste\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Recycling paper waste<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4576 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/aluminum-recycling\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Aluminum recycling<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4575 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/glass-recycling\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Glass recycling<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4574 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/composting\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Composting<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4573 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/effects-of-poor-waste-disposal\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Effects of poor waste disposal<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-4572 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/your-role-in-recycling\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Your role in recycling<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9053db9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9053db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bab773d elementor-widget 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elementor-element-eb49763 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb49763\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Waste Recycling?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86fc2e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86fc2e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">Recycling is processing used materials (waste) into new, useful products to reduce the use of raw materials that would have been used. Recycling also uses less energy and a great way of controlling air, water, and land pollution.<\/span><\/p><p>Effective recycling starts with the household (or the place where the waste was produced). In many countries where the people are serious about the environment, the authorities help households with bin bags with labels on them. They sort out the waste themselves and place them in the appropriate bags for collection. This process makes waste collection efficient.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4727\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4727\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/waste-sorting.jpg\" alt=\"How do we sort waste?\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/waste-sorting.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/waste-sorting-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How do we sort waste?<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Waste items that are usually recycled include:<\/p><p><b>Paper: <\/b>Paper waste items include books, newspapers, magazines, cardboard boxes, and envelopes.<\/p><p><b>Plastic:<\/b> Items include plastic bags, water bottles, rubber bags, and plastic wrappers.<\/p><p><b>Glass: <\/b>All glass products like broken bottles, beer, and wine bottles can be recycled.<\/p><p><b>Aluminum:<\/b> Cans from soda drinks, tomatoes, fruit can be recycled. <br \/>Did you know: Recycling just 1 ton of aluminum cans conserves more than 207 million Btu, the equivalent of 36 barrels of oil, or 1,665 gallons of gasoline. \u2014EPA<\/p><p>When the waste types are collected, they are sent to the recycling unit, where waste from each group are combined, crushed, melted, and processed into new materials.<\/p><p><b>Importance and benefits of waste recycling<\/b><\/p><ul><li><b>Recycling helps protect the environment:<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p>This is because the recyclable waste materials would have been burned or ended up in the landfill. Pollution of the air, land, water, and soil is reduced.<\/p><ul><li><b>Recycling conserves natural resources:<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p>Recycling more waste means that we do not depend too much on raw (natural) resources, which are already massively depleted.<\/p><ul><li><b>Recycling saves energy:<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p>It takes more energy to produce items with raw materials than from recycling used materials. This means we are more energy-efficient and the prices of products can come down.<\/p><ul><li><b>Recycling creates jobs:<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p>People are employed to collect, sort, and work in recycling companies. Others also get jobs with businesses that work with these recycling units. 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