| Tons of waste are produced every year and are | | | | waste management. But unlike before, recycling |
| sent to someplace where they will either be buried or | | | | efforts today are not pushed by the scarcity of |
| burned. But according to reports, 75% of produced | | | | resources; rather, they are a decent response to |
| waste can actually be recycled. Recycling, which is | | | | environmental issues. Waste management and |
| the process of creating new products from used | | | | recycling, specifically, are attempts to preserve the |
| materials, can be traced back from the time of Plato, | | | | environment and protect all living things. And as the |
| when resources were scarce. | | | | environment is continuously being threatened by |
| The practice was carried on to war periods until it | | | | massive waste production, recycling is hoped to be a |
| became a significant part in the modern approach to | | | | global endeavor. |