Every single day we are all faced with a choice of recycling an item or just throw it in the trash can. Statistics of Malaysia reveal that nearly 3 pounds of trash are disposed by every single person into landfills and oceans. Landfills and ocean contamination have several negative effects on the environment in Malaysia. If you want a green city to live in then recycling Kuala Lumpur is the most sensible option to take. Here are some top reasons for your consideration:
Effects on land and resources
Recycling Kuala Lumpur can save a significant amount of property that is required for landfill. Every year nearly 25 new sites are created for landfills for garbage and trash. To create newer spaces forests and ocean fronts are destroyed. Moreover to create virgin materials several trees and other natural resources are used. Gallons of fresh water are used to manufacture products from these virgin materials. The constant usage of resources and land leads to massive depletion of natural resources. In 2012, the recycling Kuala Lumpur industry saved energy and fresh water that is required for 5 million homes in a year.
Effects on energy
Recycling directly reduces the amount of energy required to manufacture newer products. Also manufacturing recycled products consumes much lesser energy. When recyclable items end up in landfills, it directly creates a need for more mining and harvesting of fresh materials. These processes are energy intrinsic and also require other resources such as oil and water. Whereas, during the manufacture of recycled products, this entire step of mining or harvesting is completely eliminated as the material is already available. So recycling Kuala Lumpur only consumes 5% of the energy resources to manufacture products.
Effects of global warming
Production of any material including oil and mining of metals produces several green house gases. One of the most harmful and eminent gas is carbon. Carbon eats up the environment and raises the temperature of the globe leading to global warming. Recycling helps to cut down on green house gas emissions and reduce the effects of global warming.
Effects on economy
The Malaysian government spends millions of dollars every year in waste management and creating landfills. The government receives no monetary benefits from this waste and in fact, it is drains the coffers. Recycling Kuala Lumpur, on the other hand, helps the environment by recycling the products and also generates income for businesses involved in recycling. The government, as a result, spends less money on waste management owing to the recycling industry. It is estimated recycling produces revenue of $236 billion annually.
Conclusion
Recycling has several benefits on the whole. In order to create cleaner and greener living space, we need to consciously avoid landfills and save the available space. Otherwise, very soon we will head towards a scenario where lands and oceans will be full of garbage. There are only two ways to protect the environment, one is to recycle the products we use and the other is to reduce our consumption. This is the reason the recyclin Kuala Lumpur industry is valuable and requires all the support it can get.
Last Updated on 7 months by Thanam Industry
