What is Recycling?
Recycling means taking materials from products you have finished using and making brand new products with them. For example, most of the aluminum cans in the United States are made with recycled aluminum. So if you drink juice or soda from a can, recycle that can instead of throwing it in the trash. That can will stay in the Recycling Loop and out of the landfill.
Most items that we use every dayespecially containersare made of materials that can be used over and over again. Recycling is collecting used materials that would otherwise be thrown away and breaking down and remaking these materials into new products. When we recycle more, we are saving resources and sending less trash to landfills and incinerators. Thats good for the environment. In DC, we recycle glass bottles and jars; most types of clean paper, such as mail, office paper and newspaper; metal cans; and plastic bottles with narrow-openings, such as shampoo and ketchup bottles. So, dont throw away that milk jug, soda can, pickle jar or newspaper! Dont just toss that junk mail into the trashcan! Put those items into your recycling cart or bin instead. Now thats recycling! International symbol for recycling.
Recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources and generates a host of environmental, economic and social benefits. It is sorting and processing recyclables into raw materials and manufacturing them into new products, for example waste paper can be recycled into newspapers. We must recycle the waste we produce to conserve the natural resources for our future generations.
Related Questions
- There is no recycling center located in the Village. Go to Highway / Forestry Questions Only Back to all FAQs How and where do I get a replacement recycling bin?
- It’s also an easier way for residents to recycle because the carts can be rolled to the curb instead of carried. When will my recycling be collected?
- Can you recycle toothpicks?
