Have you ever thought how bad global warming and the pollution would be on this earth if someone did not come up with recycling? Three reasons why recycling should be mandatory is because pollution and other environmental problems are getting worse every day. We gain so much money through recycling which gives the government more money to do other things. (Roads, hospitals, schools, etc.) This reduces taxes and therefore you are gaining money too. One more reason recycling should be mandatory is that people become more aware of what is happening to the community.
We have got so much better through recycling. But we need to keep going. The pollution is still coming strong with global warming. We need to make a bigger difference by making recycling mandatory. Right now many piles of garbage are being gathered. Most of this trash is man made and can not decay over many years. This leads to pollution. Landfills are a very difficult issue to fix. As more waste goes into the landfills, the bigger the problem gets? Non-biodegradable products can remain in landfills for centuries, letting out gasses that affect and can be harmful to the environment. Keeping paper and other non-biodegradable items is just one more way recycling helps the environment.
Money is a huge factor of recycling. There is money in the things that we throw away. Some people actually find use of these items if you recycle them. Collecting copper and aluminum cans, scrap metal,and other various metals can be recycled to save money. Another way recycling helps us in this way is by using recycled products instead of a new one. This costs less and it also saves energy because you don’t have to use the machinery to create the new product.
Recycling promotes environmental awareness among the people. In most peoples eyes, it creates discipline and concern for the surroundings. It also provides more jobs for people that could maybe not be able to get a job elsewhere. It even builds a strong economy.
An argument against my opinion could say “Maybe recycling does not make a big enough difference in our society through landfills and climate change to make it mandatory. One thing that I could say back to that is landfills and climate change may not be changing, but the soil and resources are getting much better around landfills and plants that are now recycling. Therefore recycling is making a difference.
After all of these reasons, there is so much more that recycling helps us in all ways. But main reasons why recycling should be mandatory is because it reduces pollution, creates more money, and more and more people are getting involved, so why can’t you?