by Felicity Ibukunoluwa Oguntolu

The mantra you should start living by if you do not already is

REDUCE! REUSE! RECYCLE!

Why destroy the planet when you can save it? If you recycle the paper fibre in milk and juice cartons, delivery packages, cereal, and cake packets, etc. you can reduce air pollution by 74% and water pollution by 35%.

In case you are still wondering why you should recycle…. Keep on reading. As humans, health is paramount to us, we all want to live long prosperous lives, but we are unknowingly reducing our life span. This is not a cause for fear but ACTION!!!

The process of recycling starts with you… yes, you. You need to begin by segregating waste, it takes less than a minute to stack cartons away from other kinds of waste. Just sacrifice a few minutes spent on Instagram or Netflix, not a huge task, right? Street Waste Company Limited will take over from here, just reach out to us.

The need to recycle cannot be overemphasized. Families, individuals, and communities generate a large amount of carton waste. This waste material is commonly used for shipping and packaging items by both small- and large-scale businesses. Warehouses and shipping or dispatch companies rely heavily on carton.

One of the reasons recycling carton waste is important is it helps reduce pollution, air pollution. When we dispose of these waste materials, they are dumped and taken to landfills where they are burnt, releasing high volumes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This is not only a terrible practice but also creates a significant number of health and environmental issues. Inhaling too much carbon dioxide can cause respiratory problems. Recycling cardboard produces 50% less sulphur dioxide than making cardboard from raw materials.

The starting resource needed for the production of carton is trees. When we repeatedly cut down these trees to produce new carton instead of recycling old ones, we could cause deforestation. If we do not replace these trees, we halt one of our primary supply of oxygen and also reduce the source of food for wildlife. Recycling already used carton, conserves energy and resources. Recycling cardboard only takes 75% of the energy needed to make new cardboard. The energy and process involved in felling trees and forming pulp can be preserved for recycling even more cartons or other processes.

References

www.intercotradingco.com/importance-of-recycling-cardboard

www.generated.com/cardboard-recycling-facts

www.ecocycle.org/recycle-compost-reuse/carton-recycling

www.cardboardbalers.org/cost-agricultural-solar-panels