| Recycling is the reprocessing of
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| | allows a material to be continually
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| materials that would otherwise become
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| | reused for the same purpose, and in many
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| waste in order to make them into new
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| | cases this theory holds true, most
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| products. This is in contrast with reuse:
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| | notably in the recycling of metals and
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| collecting waste such as food containers
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| | glass.
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| to be cleaned, refilled and resold.
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| | Since less raw material is required,
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| Recycling prevents waste being landfilled
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| | recycling creates further benefits for
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| or incinerated, reduces the consumption
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| | materials where cost of the initial
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| of new raw materials, and is advocated by
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| | extraction or production is higheither
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| supporters to require less energy than
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| | economically, socially or
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| virgin production Commonly recycled
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| | environmentally. The recycling of
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| materials include glass, paper,
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| | aluminium, for example, saves 95% of the
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| aluminium, asphalt, steel, textiles and
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| | CO2 emissionsan environmentally harmful
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| plastic. These materials can be derived
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| | greenhouse gascompared to refining new
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| either from pre-consumer waste (materials
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| | metal.
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| used in manufacturing) or post-consumer
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| | Concerns about limited resources such as
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| waste (materials discarded by the
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| | raw materials and land space for disposal
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| consumer). Recycling is a key concept of
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| | of waste have increased the importance of
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| modern waste management and is the third
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| | recycling. However maximum environmental
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| component of the waste hierarchy. To be
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| | benefit is gained by reducing the amount
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| recycled waste has to be sorted and
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| | of waste produced, and reusing items in
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| separated. Waste sorting can be done by
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| | their current form, for example refilling
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| the waste producer, at kerbside
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| | bottles. All recycling techniques consume
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| collection sites, or at a materials
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| | energy, for transportation and
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| recovery facility. In everyday speech the
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| | processing, and some also use
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| word recycling often refers to the
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| | considerable amounts of water. Both of
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| practice of waste sorting done by
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| | these resources have an environmental
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| consumers.
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| | impact which is why campaigners use the
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| One of the main benefits of recycling
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| | slogan Reduce, Reuse, Recycle to indicate
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| comes from reducing the amount of new
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| | the preferred order for waste management
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| material required. In theory, recycling
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| | in the waste hierarchy.
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