Benefits of Recycling
Meera Mehta
English/147
1/18/2016
University of Phoenix
Why People Should Recycle
Thesis Statement: While people have the freedom to choose not to recycle, it should be mandated because it will conserve resources, is energy efficient and creates jobs.
Can recycling help save the world? Should people be separating those cans from the bottles that would take up an extra two seconds to rearrange? The answer is yes. People will find in this essay some information that may or may not help them with their decision to begin or to continue to recycle. People must take a stand in helping this environment and getting control of our economy as well. If people don't ban together to help each other people could stand to lose this entire planet. Recycling will help all people in the long run because it stops global warming and helps the environment. While people have the freedom to choose not to recycle, it should be mandated because it helps conserve resources, is energy efficient, and creates jobs.
Resources are features of the environment that are relevant and of value to humans in one form or the other. People are using up a lot of resources today from plastics to metals and don't realize the damage that's is being done every day. Conserving resources are essential for today's world. The more peoples' resources are used up, the more they have to turn to new products to use, which causes the prices of everything to inflate. The country is suffering more and more as people are allowing more resources to be used when they don’t need to. There are many ways to do their part and help out their environment. Just daily recycling could be doing their part. Using recycled materials instead of new ones is a great help. According to the EPA-National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) “Using recovered materials as a...