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Recycling has environmental, economic and social advantages.
 Recycling generates civic pride and environmental awareness
 Recycling helps prevent environmental pollution

 Recycling saves natural resources

 Recycling conserves r aw materials used in industry
 Making products from recycled ingredients often uses much less energy than
producing the same product from raw materials

 Recycling reduces the amount of material dumped in landfill sites

 Goods are used productively and prevented from becoming litter and garbage 35

Materials that could be recycled, include:

 Timber and wood products – timber products can be reused in many projects
 Steel – when recycled retains the same strength

 Roofing products – ground down and used in pavement products

 Glass and windows – can be recycled into new products
 Dirt and landscaping waste – can be reused on and used as fill

 Concrete and masonry – can be crushed and reused for roads and driveways

 Asphalt – can be reused in repaving and reconstruction projects
 Copper – can be reused in plumbing or electrical work 36

Arrangements need to be made for the collection of the materials that can be recycled.

35 https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/pollution/management/waste/recovery/strategy
36
https://home.howstuffworks.com/home-improvement/construction/green/10-things-to-recycle-at-
construction-site.htm#pt1

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