recycling

advantages & disadvantages of recycling metals
 * advantages
 * Recycling helps to limit the amount of glass, paper and plastic that must be produced. This will end with less garb[[image:diversified_metals_slc.jpg width="156" height="237" align="right"]]age in landfills because it's being reused. Currently, 100% of all refuse is recycled.
 * Adds jobs to the economy.
 * Slows the consuming of natural resources.
 * makes people environmentally aware.
 * Promotes scientific advancements in recyclable and biodegradable materials.
 * Makes governments and businesses choose programs and apply policies in consideration of preserving and respecting the environment
 * disadvantages
 * seperate factories must be set up for the recycling of materials, and this will just cause more pollution and energy consumption for transport, sorting, cleaning and storage.
 * Twice as many trucks on the road : those collecting garbage and those collecting recycled goods.
 * Pollutants produced by the recycling process itself, including chemical stews when breaking down different products.
 * Recycling is not cost-efficient and annually results in a net loss It costs $50-60 to landfill a ton versus $150+/- to recycle a ton;.
 * Only the recycling of aluminium really makes any money. Reclaiming metals is feasible and fairly easy, whereas plastics and paper are expensive, wasteful and overly difficult.
 * Adds to taxes, and is a tax subsidy costing 8 billion a year in the USA alone.
 * Creati[[image:recycle_world.jpg width="221" height="192" align="left"]]on of low-quality jobs. Jobs include sifting through garbage to separate it, dealing with the toxins from the breakdown process, and other manual-intensive labor tasks.
 * A considerable percentage of items marked as recyclable end up trashed or burned anyway due to poor quality, contaminants, lack of resources able to handle that item in a specific region or recycling installation.