Recycling

Recycling

Recycling is the processing of materials into new products. There are many products that can be recycled but the most common ones in Puerto Rico are glass, paper, plastic, and aluminum. Recycling prevent the waste of useful materials and reduces energy usage. In Puerto Rico this recycling will be a solution to the landfill problems.

There are two kinds of household recycling. When the consumers leave recyclable materials in front of their property to be collected by a recycling vehicle and when the householders take the recyclable materials to a collection point. Recycling is beneficial in many ways like for example, it reduces the inputs (energy and raw materials) to a production system. Also it reduces the environmental, social and usually economic cost of manufacturing. It also reduces the amount of waste produced for disposal. Finally it reduce the maximum environmental benefit is gained by reducing the amount of waste produced. Recycling is an excellent way of saving energy and conserving the environment.

There an important part in each material we recycled. Aluminum cans can be recycled and ready to use in just 6 weeks. The largest glass furnace produce over 1 million glass