The Easiest Things You Should Know About Recycling

You are probably wondering why the water you drink and the oxygen you breathe are not depleting? You have been breathing the same air since conception. Well, we’ve got mother nature to thank for this.

Nature was designed to conserve many of the materials we need for existence. What a fantastic gift, right? You’re probably not aware of the fact that recycling is what keeps the earth spinning, no pun intended. Recycling of materials is the reason you and I can still walk the face of the earth today.

There are several facts about recycling that every human should know. Listed below are some of the essential facts about recycling.

Nothing Is Ever Wasted.

Since the earth’s existence, many materials have stood the test of time. The reason is due to the interactions between animals and the surrounding environment.

For example, the oxygen you breathe in is the respiratory waste product of plants. Plants do not need oxygen for survival; humans do. The carbon gas we breathe out is useful to plants but toxic to us. As long as humans and plants exist in the environment, these two games will remain for life—what a beauty in nature.

Recycling Can Be Achieved Both Naturally and Artificially

Natural processes such as evaporation and condensation (in the case of water) have kept us on the planet today. Water discharged upon the earth evaporates into the atmosphere, condenses, and falls back to the ground as rain.

Also, technology has made life very easy for us these days. Artificial recycling processes have indeed existed for a long time. However, technology has made it more possible than ever to depend less on natural methods for recycling.

A process called Reclaimed Water helps us to reuse water. Wastewaters from sewage tanks are treated using artificial methods such as sedimentation, filtration, and chlorination. Treated water is safe for consumption and can be useful for other purposes. This process is the central artificial process of water recycling deployed in most countries of the world.

Humans Play a Crucial Role in Recycling Waste Materials

Humans can interfere with natural recycling processes. Yes, you and I and every other human on the earth can determine how effective the recycling process can be for the earth’s preservation.

For instance, deforestation will lead to a reduction in the number of plants on earth. If we don’t control deforestation carefully, the oxygen we derive from plants will become scarce as our population increases.

Afforestation will, on the other hand, result in more plants, which will, in turn, yield more oxygen production. There are global concerns on the increasingly damaging effects of human activities on natural recycling processes. Many environmentalists are deploying measures to ensure that these activities are appropriately regulated.

Microorganisms Also Play a Crucial Role in Recycling

We might have our unseen neighbors to thank for helping the recycling process. Many microbes degrade some of the materials we expel out of our bodies into their simple forms. For example, the bacteria Desulfovibrio desulfuricans helps to reduce sulfate materials into natural sulfur gas, which is useful in energy production.

Recycling Waste Materials Can Yield New Products

It is possible to derive new products from waste materials. For example, solid waste such as feces is useful in manufacturing plant manure, which encourages plant growth. Recent studies show that some microorganisms in feces are helpful probiotics for pharmaceutical industries.

Like the first point says, with recycling, nothing indeed wastes.

Play Your Role

We, as humans, have a role to play for the earth’s survival. We advise our readers to be conservators of resources.

Human activities such as deforestation and bush burning can interfere or slow down natural recycling processes. Processes like afforestation should, therefore, be encouraged and practiced.

Recycling saves energy, power, materials, mother earth, and the human race entirely.