What Are the Advantages of Recycling Plastic?
Plastic bottles alle neune image by knirzporz from Fotolia.com Recycling is socially responsible and beneficial to the environment. While most people know that recycling is something that everyone should do, there are some who would like a tangible purpose for recycling. There are several advantages to recycling plastic materials. Saving Landfill Space Plastic is not a biodegradable material, which means that it can sit in a landfill for hundreds or thousands of years. One ton of recycled plastic can save approximately 7.4 cubic yards of space in a landfill. Best of all, plastics can be indefinitely recycled, which means they could potentially be eradicated from landfills altogether. Energy Conservation By using recyclable plastic materials, factories can produce new products using approximately 2/3 less energy than with raw material production. A single pound of recycled plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate can save nearly 12,000 BTUs of heat energy. To put it into ter
