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How does recycling reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions?
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∙ 10y ago
It takes a lot of energy to make, eg, glass or aluminium out of raw materials. This energy is usually electricity generated by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). This is causing global warming. It takes a lot less energy to make a glass bottle or an aluminium can out of recycledglass or aluminium. So recycling reduces energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoRecycling saves energy. It takes much less energy to make paper from recycled paper than it does to make it from scratch, from wood chips. Energy mostly comes from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), which release greenhouse gas emissions, so any recycling saves energy.
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