If you don’t have to collect new materials this reduced the need for many items that are excessively harmful to the environment. If you reuse the materials, there is no need to make much of the new one reducing the need to collets new supplies. When you compared to the proses of making the new product, this method uses far …show more content…
If the trash is continuity dumped in a landfill many miles away you just happen to forget about it, however people won’t forget if a landfill just happens to fall next to a home. Well with the growing amount of trash the amount of landfill space is growing smaller and smaller. A portion of the material is burned emitting harmful gasses to the surrounding land. The majority, however, is thrown into a landfill and forgotten. “Liquids that get thrown away will seep through the ground and could harm the soil.” (unknown). When the liquids are thrown away, they can seep into the ground and cause damage to the plants. When this damage is don’t to the plants it also affects the wildlife’s food. Under those circumstances, recycling would be much better for the environment and the …show more content…
According to Should the U.S. Scrap the Recycling program, “It’s more expensive and takes more energy and water to recycle old paper than to cut down and process pine trees and then plant pine seedlings.” When going through the recycling process it can cost more money than actually making a new product. For example, most recycling centers are sorted by hand, causing for people to have to pay for constant salaries. Even if we switch to machines to save more money, it will still cost a great deal of money. Although this does create more trash, landfills might not be a huge problem in the future. As you can see there are some negatives to having the recycling program.
In the future, if the recycling program is gotten rid of, it will have many negative effects on the environment and community. Without the program the landfills will fill up and people might find themselves living next to a dump. With liquids going into the landfills as well it could destroy wildlife. Many jobs will be lost if the recycling program is taken from us. This can harm a family deeper than people might think. Although there is a large cost for it, the recycling program is a necessity for the environment and the community around