Biology Recycling

3. What resources do you recycle?         

Plastic                                   Glass                                     Paper                

Metal                                  Clothes                              Garden Waste        

4. How often are your recycling bins collected?

Twice a Week                             Weekly                              Fortnightly

                                                                                

Once in a Month                                Other        

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5. What would you change about current recycling?

No Change                                        

6. Should we increase council tax for better recycling?

Yes                                No                                Not sure

7. Should the amount you recycle be charged?

Yes                                No                                Trial it first

8. What do you think of ‘Spy in the bin’ (monitoring your recycling, charged according to how much recycled)?

Yes                                No                                Trial it first

Analysis of Survey

1. Do you recycle?

More than 98% of the people recycle according to the survey

2. Do you think that recycling is beneficial for the environment?

3. What resources do you recycle?

The Pro’s of Recycling

By recycling materials:-

• More energy can be saved.

• The resources will last longer.

• Recycled material of the same quality (as virgin material) costs less.

• CO2  levels are reduced  (a Smaller ‘Carbon Footprint’)

• Pollution levels are reduced (and therefore costs associated with pollution are reduced- e.g. incineration/landfill)

• Less landfill space is required.

The Disadvantages of Recycling

The drawbacks of recycling are:-

• Recycled materials are generally of lower quality e.g. paper.

• Some materials cannot be recycled

• Sometimes involve a lot of processing stages (high cost of setting up of recycling plants).

• Setting up and operating a collection network can be unwieldy.

The Con’s of not Recycling

The drawbacks of not recycling are:-

• Resources will once run out if tipped.

• CO2  levels will increase  (a Bigger ‘Carbon Footprint’)

• Landfill space will run out which will lead to trash being tipped outside of landfill space.

• The amount of pollution will increase by incineration and poison gases will spread

• Costs are greater; it costs a lot to make virgin aluminium than recycling it.

Conclusion

 The best levels of Recycling and Landfill (X: Year, Y: Tons)

This graph shows that since 1995 the amount of total recycled is increasing and the amount of landfill used up will be constant and may be decrease. http://www.springerlink.com/

Currently every household in Lancashire produces around 1 tonne of rubbish every year and the aim is to find ways to reduce this.

 Often the easiest way for people to help reduce the amount of rubbish sent to Landfill is to recycle and there are a number of options available to people in Lancashire. Reducing the amount of rubbish thrown away in Lancashire is something that everyone can help with, and we need to move away from seeing rubbish as merely that but more as a resource waiting to be used.         http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/

Best Recycling levels by Resources (X: Year, Y: Tons)

This graph shows that paper is more recycled than other resources, whilst metal is the least recycled within the UK.                 http://www.springerlink.com/

There could be a way to provoke people not recycling which is an

‘Stick n Carrot’ approach. This could be done by rewarding those people who recycle and punishing those people who do not recycle.

References

Websites used

http://www.springerlink.com/

http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/