
When it comes to being good to our planet and combating global warming/the energy crisis/various other crises, one of the main things that we are told to do is recycle. This is a basic fundamental of living in a green way, and it’s something that many of us will practice diligently even if we aren’t interested in environmentalism. But does it really help? Can the simple act of throwing your cardboard and plastic into a different bin really change anything? Here we will look at recycling in a little more depth and examine whether it really is any use, or whether it’s in fact just a scam to get more money out of us. What Happens to Your Recycling? So what happens when you throw something in the recycling instead of the litter? Well first of all it is collected into a particular compartment in a lorry/truck and then it is normally taken to the MRF (materials recovery facility) to be sorted. Here someone has the unpleasant job of separating the materials by hand or using a machine, before sending […]