Recycling is one of the best environment success stories of the late 20th century. Recycling m using things again, and not wasting things l plastic, paper, and glass. But we could do more. It should not just be a popular thing to do –we n to do it.
The Japanese are very good at recycling b they live in a very small place with a lot of people in it. They do not want to share small amount of s with rubbish. But even so, the Tokyo area alone is t to have three million tons of rubbish right now.
In 1996, the United States recycled 57 million tons of rubbish (27% of the nation's solid waste). People used 7,000 recycling programmes—where rubbish is collected and recycled, and recycling centers—where people take things that can be recycled. Recycling also helps to keep the environment clean.
In Rockford, a city in Illinois, US, the government chooses one house each week and checks its rubbish. I the rubbish does not have any newspapers or metal drink cans, then that house gets a p of at least $1,000.
In Japan, some cities give children recycled paper in return for collecting newspapers for recycling.
In one year Britain recycles:
Ø 1 out of every 3 newspapers.
Ø 1 out of every 4 glass bottles and jars.
Ø 1 out of every 4 shirts, trousers and other types of clothes.
Ø 1 out of every 3 metal drink cans.
In China, Hong Kong SAR transported 1. 3 million tons of rubbish to the mainland for r in 1999. And around 535,000 tons of rubbish was recycled in Hong Kong SAR of China itself.
Over half the things we throw away could be recycled. That means we could recycle 10 times as much as we do now.
However, recycling needs a lot of planning and s machines. Also, there is not much use for some recycled things. People need to think of more ways to use things they recycle.
