What are the benefits of procedures for the recycling of hazardous materials?

Answer 1

Recycling is important because of the need to preserve natural resources. The more recycling, the less new resources are used. An organizational procedure for recycling and disposal of hazardous materials is to have a community center dedicated to recycling.

Answer 2

It is important for my organisation to recycle because then we're setting a good example for the rest of the residents as well. In the office, when we have finished with our paper document, we shred them in the shredder. When the shredder machine is full up, we put all the shredded paper into bags and we give them to a local farm so that they can use the shreddings for their animals. When I receive emails it says on the bottom of them: P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. This is because it's a waste of paper and its costing money and not helping the environment. Also at work, there are bikes people can borrow, so that you can ride to work instead of driving your car.

Recycling is a first-line defense to climate change and pollution. It saves energy and greenhouse gas emissions in that new raw materials do not need to be mined, processed and transported. It minimises pollution in that it stops hazardous materials being dumped on rubbish dumps, eventually polluting ground water - and ourselves!

Organizations could:

- Make an inventory of materials and equipment they use and assess how they could be recycled, by whom.

- Embark on awareness raising within the organization on why it is important, to the company AND to the employees.

- Set up a continuous recycling improvement database, with contributions from all workers.

Answer 3

Many organizations follows a waste hierarchy; disposal, recycle, reuse, reduce.
Different organizations engage in different procedures of recycling depending on the materials they deal with. However, most of them apply the rule of 'disposal, recycle, reuse and reduce.'

Answer 4

The purpose of the procedures for recycling and disposal of hazardous materials is to be sure that they are done so correctly. If a hazardous material is disposed of down the water drain, rather than its proper place, for example, it can have detrimental effects on the quality of the water and/or pipes. If hazardous materials are note disposed of or recycled correctly, it can harm the environment and/or the user of the material.

Answer 5

If you recycle it then it will not go into waste dumps where it can easily get into the natural environment.