The New Nation - Internet Edition

Mohammad Shahidul Islam

The bountiful nature has endowed with us profuse resources to live with. But we human beings make use of these resources for our convenience and we make the environment dirty for pollution. This will for sure transform earth to a non inhabitable place. It is our responsibility to safeguard the natural resources so that our successor can live a halcyon life.

Despite the warnings being given about the harmful effects of global warming and other environmental problems, most individuals are doing very little about it today. Global warming, deforestation, acid rains, the endangerment of various species etc have gone completely out of control in many areas around the globe. Various methods and suggestions are being offered to reduce the effects of these altogether and if possible, eradicate it completely. Did we know that recycling done on an everyday basis could actually help our planet Earth on a large extent? This can begin even at home. The benefits of recycling are many, from reducing the effects of industrial production to saving energy.

Everyone can definitely help the environment by recycling the things we use. We can recycle almost everything we use. It is better to buy recyclable items so that they can be recycled and a new material can be manufactured out of the scrap. If everybody of us keeps this in mind the emission of greenhouse gases and the other pollutions can definitely be controlled.

Recycling has many other advantages too. We can save the power by recycling the used products. Manufacturing a new product requires power and energy. When we recycle, we can save a large quantity of energy and power. Also manufacture involved the use of non renewable resources. By recycling we preserve these resources.

The waste materials are dumped into landfill sites. These sites will bury these products. This is good when all the waste materials are degradable.

But a great percentage of our wastes are non bio degradable. These pollute the land and will affect the underground water. When the non bio degradable products are burned they emit gases that deplete the ozone layer in the atmosphere. This will result in more ultraviolet radiations reaching the living atmosphere which is very dangerous.

The end products of the recycling process are used as raw materials for the manufacture of other products. Getting these raw materials from the recycled products will preserve the environment as the resources that are used in the manufacture will be more. The recycling process requires investment in machineries and man power. New technologies have to be evolved to recycle very many products that we are using. Though this initial investment is requires, the long time effects are great as the environment is protected form depletion and pollution.

Recycling can start from reusing the products. Instead of buying use and throw products we can buy reusable products. This will considerably reduce the amount of waste we are dumping to the landfill sites. For example we can use the juice bottles as storage containers so that we can reuse the product for a long time.

If every home employs reusing concept then at least 30% of pollution can be controlled.

Everybody must know the nearest recycling plant and should have the habit of submitting the wastes to these plants at least once a week. This will greatly help the environment as more and more products can be recycled when more and more products are accumulated in the recycling plant. When we purchase a product we must think of the extent to which it can be recycled.

Recycling plastic is very complex compared to the other materials that we use. Plastic products pose a great threat to the environment. Despite of this fact, plastic is used by everybody and for anything. When your purchase is small don't prefer getting plastic bags from the shop. This will save millions of plastic wastes that are dumped to the land.

Bio degradable plastic products are available and we can easily use them. The best help would be to sort the plastic wastes according to the types and submit them to the recycling plant.

When we purchase products for our home prefer buying recycled products and recyclable products. The recyclable products may cost more because of the recycling process that has been done. But getting those products will surely help the environment.

Recycling is important because the energy used to recycle a product is less than the energy used to create something new. Our health also benefits from recycling, as it removes pollution and harmful substances from the waste stream. This is not all; we have to remember that the raw materials on Earth will not last for a lifetime, it is thus important to save them! Everybody can lend a hand for recycling to help the environment.