Beyond cleaning to the next best thing known as ♻️ recycling

The concept of cleaning just as an environmentally responsible action is further culminating globally into the need to globally ensure prudence in the way waste is discarded. 

One of the key components in waste management and favoured options in the waste hierarchy tools that enables 

the action or process of converting waste into reusable material is Recycling. 

Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. The recovery of energy from waste materials is often included in this concept. It is said to be third  in the reduce, reuse and recycle components of the waste hierarchy. 

Recycling is internationally represented with the three chasing arrows logo.

It is known to be both a historical and modern day phenomenon. 

Benefits of recycling 

More job and income coming thus improving the standard of living of a person/people and/or community. 

Not just any jobs-Green jobs: Jobs given the opportunity to undertake are positively impacting the society and gives the opportunity to contribute to the global reductions in the greenhouse gas emissions. 

It contributes to environmental factors in the following areas: results in environmental protection; 

reduction in air pollution (from incineration) and

water pollution (from landfilling).

It reduces undue energy consumption which arises when waste is generated and needs to be degraded or decomposed into more publicly acceptable and graded components. 

It is an alternative to "conventional" waste disposal that can save materials for further use ; 

Also helps lower greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions refer to the undue release of gaseous elements such as carbon dioxide which leads to non-advantageous global effects such as climate change. 

It can also prevent the unnecessary discarding of  materials that are still useful; 

it reduces the costly consumption of fresh raw materials which could easily be gotten by reusing already existing materials. 

The effective recyclability of a material depends on two factors its ability to reacquire the properties it had in its original state.

That means recyclability of a material is a function of reconversion to statusquo state with all its attributes. 

Therefore as an outcome, a recyclable material maintains the same state though now in a freshened state. 

Another factor is the ability to extract a part of a material for its usefulness or its essentiality.