Why should you recycle metal?

Answer 1

Recycling is very important for the for the safety of future resource availability.

Recycling involves the collection and reshaping of old materials like glass, paper, aluminum, steel, and plastics. We can also recycle food waste by composting it.

If we recycle materials, we reduce demand for virgin (fresh) materials. Mining these materials is bad for the environment in nearly all cases. For example, to make paper, we have to cut down trees, but if we recycle the paper we use, then we will need to cut down less trees, which will reduce habitat loss.

When we recycle materials, we save large amounts of electricity, and also the pollution from generating electricity from burning fossil fuels that would have been needed to make an entirely new can. The best example of this is with aluminum. Recycling an aluminum can saves 95% of the pollution, and around 90-95% of the energy required to produce a new one.

Finally when we throw away a recyclable material, we use up space in landfill which could have been saved.

Therefore recycling is very very important to preserve resources, which are rapidly diminishing, save energy, reduce pollution and to save space in landfills, all of these are serious issues affecting our society today.

Answer 2

so that we don't damage the environment!