Why More Money Should Be Spent on Recycling?

Kovalchuk Oleksandr

The annual recycling costs in the city of Philadelphia is around $1.8 million dollars. This seems like an astronomical amount to many, so you will probably think I am crazy when I say I think they should raise it. It costs around fifty dollars for every ton of recycling to manage it. This includes the cost of energy to burn fossil fuels and labor costs. This is a great con for recycling. It is basically what is the point. It costs so much money to recycle a material and then when you try to resell it as something else you cannot make your money back. We have to burn fossil fuels to reuse the plastics or metals. This is so ridiculous. Our city should be moving in the right direction which we are because our city has been recycling more and more, but not as much as other major cities. We need to spend more money on recycling facilities so that they can be more energy efficient. Another reason why we need to increase the budget is to help create more neighborhood leader. It has been proven that neighborhood leaders can persuade their community to recycle. They make a fun competition. The purpose of the leaders is to get people to care. They have to discuss climate change with their peers so more people can understand. The problem with people who do not recycle is that they are very unformed. This has to change or our environment will not change and get better.