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By appropriately recycling our waste, we also reduce the demand for natural resources and by re-using the materials we already have instead of creating new ones, we reduce the amount of energy used and levels of pollution. Recycling also reduces the amount of waste which is sent to landfill or is incinerated, both of which are expensive process requiring large amounts of land.
Close-up of Coke bottle top, prepared by artisan before crafting, Dakar, Senegal, 2008
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Tom Gilks / Close-up of Coke bottle top, prepared by artisan before crafting, Dakar, Senegal, 2008
Grid of recycled bottle tops threaded on wire, Dakar, Senegal, 2008
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Tom Gilks / Grid of recycled bottle tops threaded on wire, Dakar, Senegal, 2008
Wheelbarrow of manure in vegetable garden, UK
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Jason Smalley / Wheelbarrow of manure in vegetable garden, UK
Close up of two year old well-rotten leaf mold in garden, UK, model released
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Dave Bevan / Close up of two year old well-rotten leaf mold in garden, UK, model released
Biodegradeable plastic compost bag being placed in a garden compost bin, UK.
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Nick Turner / Biodegradeable plastic compost bag being placed in a garden compost bin, UK.
100% Organic Cotton printed on label
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Pat Tuson / 100% Organic Cotton printed on label
Sustainable Living tent, Camden now London Green Fair, Regents Park, London UK June 2012
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Pat Tuson / Sustainable Living tent, Camden now London Green Fair, Regents Park, London UK June 2012
Plastic recycling plant Elche, Spain
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Jose B. Ruiz / Plastic recycling plant Elche, Spain
Scrap metal heap along the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal at Ghent seaport, Belgium, August 2010
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Philippe Clement / Scrap metal heap along the Ghent-Terneuzen Canal at Ghent seaport, Belgium, August 2010
Bags of plastic bottles at a recycling station, Kisumu, Kenya
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Tom Gilks / Bags of plastic bottles at a recycling station, Kisumu, Kenya
Bales of cardboard ready for recycling, USA, 1997
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Shattil & Rozinski / Bales of cardboard ready for recycling, USA, 1997
Cork recycling box - wooded box full of recycled corks, Surrey, England, UK, August 2008.
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Pat Tuson / Cork recycling box - wooded box full of recycled corks, Surrey, England, UK, August 2008.