Recycling

Question 1

Paper

Answer 1

Paper is produced from wood. Recycling paper means that fewer trees have to be cut down, this helps forest deforestation.

Question 2

Plastics

Answer 2

Most plastics are made from crude oil so recycling plastics helps to conserve our oil resources. Plastics are really slow to decompose if they were thrown away.

Question 3

Metals

Answer 3

Metals are extracted from ores.
Mining and extracting metals takes a lot of energy, most of it comes from burning fossil fuels. So recycling metals uses less of our limited resources and fossil fuels which is better for the environment.