Recycling!

Modern recycling is a very important process in saving energy, and can be considered a plus to environmental sustainability. Why do I say this? Well, RE- means to do something again. A cycle is the circular motion of an object or an idea.Therefore, after using something, we change it back into its previous form or into a new form altogether, saving energy that is used to make the original item. In addition, have you ever considered that energy can be created through the process of recycling itself? Want to know how? Well then, go out there and find out how!

So what is modern recycling? Well, it's a process containing two main streams. One stream is to make something new from something old, such as making new pet bottles from old, used bottles. The second stream is to use something old or used for a new and different purpose, such as making pencil holders from tin cans or making bags from old pairs of jeans. This process is often called re-purposing, and it is a different, yet very important and functional, form of recycling.

The reason we need to recycle things that the energy needed to manufacture things in the first place is vast, and can be a drain on many parts of the environment that we don't even see. Dirty water is offloaded into streams. Exhaust fumes cause acid rain and air pollution. And the list goes on. The ideal way to make things in this day and age is to take old products and re-use them rather than using dirty resources, such as oil, and sparse natural resources, such as trees, for making new products. If we were to use dirty resources continually  or cut down trees continually for making new products, our earth would soon become barren, dirty, and would soon break down. Therefore, recycling is very necessary for the future of our planet. The big blue marble, planet earth.