Why is recycling important?

Answer 1

I heard a statistic once that the lumber producers (i.e. Weyerhauser) were replanting more trees than they were harvesting. That may or may not still be true, but other natural resources are not renewable. Every bit of those we use mean fewer for the future. Hopefully, technology and science will develop that will allow substitution for some of those resources. Meanwhile, by recycling, we are taking "spent" resources and manufacturing goods that don't use any (or fewer) "unspent" resources. In terms of importance, it might not be that important for "us", but it will probably be VERY important for future generations.

Answer 2

Recycling is so important because if every one thought that recycling is not important we will end up being poor . we won't have paper. We use paper daily and paper comes from trees we kill trees to use paper so if we rycycle paper we don't have to kill more trees.
Well usually people think that yeah what will this paper do they waste blank paper if u recycle they can re use this paper they wouldn't have to cut more trees to make papers.
Please everyone help the enviorment be a better one by recycling and not killing poor trees. Don't let the day come where we will be in need of the shade of trees and there is no shade. where we will be in need for paper to write on for our education and we have no paper. Save trees!

Answer 3

The answer is a little bit different depending on what you are recycling. Earth 911 has several information sections listed on the left navigation bar of their main page.

Answer 4

because natural resources will not last forever and recycling uses less energy than producing from new and means less waste for landfill sites

Answer 5

there's not enough of stuff to go around , so recycling helps.
God bless,
gabe

Answer 6

because everything is finite including space to put the rubbish