People interpretation of recycling

CHAPTER 1.1 PEOPLE INTERPRETATION OF RECYCLING

The most reason why people do not recycle is because people think that recycling is inconvenient. People do not bother to recycle as it is a waste of time and effort.

Another reason is the mindset of people have, which is that rewards should be given for recycling. Some countries like Singapore have no penalties or incentives for recycling causing them not to have a practice or recycling. Unlike like Japan, they will be reward or those who recycle. For example, bottle recycling, the cost of the bottle will be return back if it is being recycled into the recycling machine. Which cause a great significant impact on the number of people who recycle and also the practice of recycling.

Most of the people think that there are not have enough space in their homes to recycle. They think that it is an eyesore to place the recycled stuff in their homes. Based on research, the lack of space is a big issue to many.

There are a lot of misinformation about overflowing landfills, depleted resources and climate change that has convinced people's mindset that recycling does not make any differences.

Recycling is a big problem as many do not have the habit to do it. Many Singaporeans do not have the habit of recycling, they tend to just dump everything into the bin and just dispose it. Many have the mindset that it does not make a difference if they recycle or not.

CHAPTER 1.2 THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING

Recycling saves energy when using recycled materials. Energy consumption will be reduced and also production costs is being reduced.

Recycling reduces the need for more landfills which also save spaces for other uses.

Recycling preserves resources and protects wildlife. For example like recycling paper, trees are saved and habitats will not be destroyed. Thus, wildlife creatures and animals will not be homeless.

Recycling is good for the economy and also reduce  climate problems. By recycling and purchasing recycled products causes a good practice for the earth and the economy. Recycled Goods made from recycled materials use lesser water which uses lesser energy and creates less pollution. Recycling reduces the amount of unhealthy greenhouse gas omissions which leads to lesser risk of air pollution.

WEBLINKS:

Fink, Ronnie Citron. ‘5 Reasons Why People don’t Recycle and 5 Reasons They should’. Weblog. Care2. 4 Aug 2011. Accessed 27 Jan 2014. <http://www.care2.com/greenliving/5-reasons-why-people-dont-recycle-and-5-reasons-they-should.html>

Fink, Ronnie Citron. ‘I don’t Recycle’. Weblog. Care2. 16 Dec 2010.  Accessed 27 Jan 2014. <http://www.care2.com/greenliving/i-dont-recycle.html>

Based on this research i have learn  more about recycling. More into the aspect of the interpretation of people recycling. Why people do not recycle and their mindset of recycling. How they feel about recycling and there opinions about recycling. i research and found out that most of them think that it is a waste of time and they do not really bother to do so as they think that there is not much difference if they do recycle or not. And also based on research and some personal knowledge, japan do reward there people who recycle and japan does alot of recycling activities and is a quite an eco-friendly country.  They will have vending machines mostly everywhere and in subways that the people can dispose there recycled materials into the correct sorted bins and get a reward card which can get points and exchange into something that they can use like cash rebate they get for the cost of the recycled cans or bottles. Japan people is also very considerate and participate well in recycling, they will ensure that the bottles and cans or the items they wan to be recycled into the bins are empty and cleaned before recycled.