Recycling Essay

Recycling is   beneficial as it helps to reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials and also reduces energy usage.Recycling protects and expands manufacturing jobs and increases competitiveness.It reduces the need for land filling and incineration.Recycling also prevents pollution caused by the manufacturing of products and decreases emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.By recycling, we can conserve natural resources and helps sustain the environment for future generations.The first step is collection and processing.This includes collecting recyclables.Recyclables are sent to a materials recovery facility to be sorted and prepared into marketable commodities for manufacturing. This is the manufacturing process. The new products are being manufactured with total or partial recycled content.Purchasing recycled products completes the recycling loop.
      Recycling has been a common practice for most of human history, with recorded advocates as far back as Plato in 400 BC. During periods when resources were scarce, archaeological studies of ancient waste dumps show less household waste (such as ash, broken tools and pottery)—implying more waste was being recycled in the absence of new material.
In pre-industrial times, there is evidence of scrap bronze and other metals being collected in Europe and melted down for perpetual reuse. In Britain dust and ash from wood and coal fires was collected by 'dustmen' and downcycled as a base material used in brick making. The main driver for these types of recycling was the economic advantage of obtaining recycled feedstock instead of acquiring virgin material, as well as a lack of public waste removal in ever more densely populated areas.In 1813, Benjamin Law developed the process of turning rags into 'shoddy' and 'mungo' wool in Batley, Yorkshire. This material combined recycled fibres with virgin wool. The West Yorkshire shoddy industry in towns such as Batley and Dewsbury, lasted from the...