Recycling has environmental, economic and social advantages. It almost always takes less energy to make a product from recycled materials than it does to make it from new materials, which means less greenhouse gases are produced as part of the product's life cycle. It saves natural resources that would otherwise be mined to make a new product, and reduces the amount of rubbish that is hauled off to landfills- another big source of greenhouse gas emissions. One thing recycling increases is jobs, because recycling requires businesses that collect, haul, and process recyclables, as well as businesses that manufacture products from recycled materials.
 
Remember, you should only recycle after you’ve tried to reduce and reuse.
 
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