recycling Flashcards
1
Q
recycling
A
- metals are finite resources thus we need to conserve them
- old metal objects are crushed and melted to be reused
2
Q
advantages of recycling
A
- helps conserve resources
- saves costs of extracting metals
- poses less risk to human health, less pollution
- less mining—>more land to cope with increasing population
3
Q
disadvantages of recycling
A
- effort and time needed to educate the community on proper ways to recycle
- more costly than extracting metals from their ores
- causes pollution