Recycling...

From now onward, this blog will largely focus on "how to lead a green life?", due to deteriorating environment problem, being green is undoubtedly a new living fashion at current backdrop of global warming issue. If we are not going to change our mindset, adjust our lifestyle to adapt this climate change, a global catastrophe is predicted and inevitable.

Recycling is one of green lifestyle. Recycling can be defined as the act of removing from the overall waste stream those materials that can be reused in their original or reconstituted form. It is the process by which materials are collected and used as raw materials for new products.

There are four main steps in recycling: collecting the recyclable components of municipal solid waste, separating materials by type, processing them into reusable forms and purchasing and using the goods made with reprocessed materials. Recycling prevents potentially useful materials from being land filled or combusted, thus preserving our capacity for disposal.

Then, what is the objective of doing recycle? Just because nothing to do after meal? Well, recycling can saves natural resources, saves energy which is used to produce a new item. Besides that, recycling can reduce pollution during produce a new item. Other than that, byproduct of recycling, i think it maybe can provide some additional job opportunities. yea, recycling have full of benefit to us and our mother nature. Do you believe it or not, recycling aluminum uses 95% less energy than making new aluminum. The energy saved can power a TV for three hours!

ok, in my following posts, i will continue to talk more about how to categorize recyclable item, and show my experience in recycling.


a illustration indicates which item can be recycled...