- Recycling Basics and Benefits | US EPA
Local Impacts: Across the country, areas where waste management facilities are concentrated can result in negative impacts on human health, property values, aesthetic and recreation values, and land productivity Recycling provides these areas with a healthier and more sustainable alternative International: Waste generated in the United States also affects communities in other countries
- Recycling | Definition, Processes, Facts | Britannica
Society’s choice of whether and how much to recycle depends basically on economic factors Conditions of affluence and the presence of cheap raw materials encourage human beings’ tendency to simply discard used materials Recycling becomes economically attractive when the cost of reprocessing waste or recycled material is less than the cost
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