Posts Tagged ‘garbage pickup’
Do you know why it is important to recycle?
When we recycle, we are taking back some of our nonrenewable resources and gaining the ability to reuse them. Considering things like minerals, coal, and fossil fuels are in short supply, it is important that we take every opportunity to make the most of these dwindling natural resources. We need to use landfills only when we have done everything necessary to reclaim any useful waste.
Did you know that methane and leachete are both byproducts of slowly rotting waste created in landfills? Where methane occurs naturally and has the potential of being an energy source, leachete does not have benefits; in fact, it has to have special holding ponds with bacteria added so as not to contaminate water sources. Even closed landfills have to retain insurance for a period of 30 years due to possibilities of explosions!
Also another thing to consider is that if we recycle and compost, then our need for mining and garbage pickup would be virtually eliminated!