Do YOU know that the average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every SINGLE day? Another fact is that tourism contributes to more than 5 percent of global greenhouse gas emission.

I believe Recycling should be compulsory for many reasons. It protects the environment, reduces landfills, and saves resources.

Recycling reduces landfills because if you recycle, those materials will not go into the landfill. Landfills are very bad to the overall environment, impacting other essential resources like air, water, and animals. Do you know that It takes 500 years for average-sized plastic water bottles to fully decompose? They can cause toxic chemical’s in our water supply and also causes pollutes the air with methane. Imagine drinking toxic chemicals because of the landfill. 

Recycling also protects the environment. Recycling reduces the need for extracting (mining, quarrying, and logging), refining, and processing raw materials all of which create substantial air and water pollution. Habitat destruction and global warming are some of the effects caused by deforestation. Recycling reduces the need for raw materials so that the rainforests can be preserved. Huge amounts of energy are used when making products from raw materials. It also saves energy. When you use raw materials you use a lot of energy.

Recycling requires much less energy and therefore helps to preserve natural resources. Do you know that a can of aluminum has a 20x benefit if made from recycled material versus using raw material? Recycling reduces the need to get new raw material resources like wood, metal. It also reduces water and air pollution because we pollute the air trying to get resources and recycling would hugely reduce this. Recycling saves resources like water, wood, coal, and many more.

To conclude, Recycling is a WIN-WIN for everyone. There are no doubts that it saves on resources while helping prevent pollution. We, humans need to evaluate each and every task that we do, with an emphasis on recycling whether you live in a place is or you are a tourist. As the human race is growing, the criticality of this is increasing by the day. !!!