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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.
Stack of crushed cars ready for recycling, USA, 1997
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Shattil & Rozinski / Stack of crushed cars ready for recycling, USA, 1997
Food and drink can recycling shoot at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.
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Nick Turner / Food and drink can recycling shoot at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.
Person placing plastic and metal into kitchen recycling bins, September 2008.
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Nick Turner / Person placing plastic and metal into kitchen recycling bins, September 2008.
Man lifting fluorescent light tubes at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.
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Nick Turner / Man lifting fluorescent light tubes at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.
Close up of fluorescent light tubes at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.
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Nick Turner / Close up of fluorescent light tubes at a recycling centre, Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK, February 2008.
Shoe recycling unit in supermarket carpark, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
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Ben Osborne / Shoe recycling unit in supermarket carpark, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Fridges and various other metals in a large pile with machinery at Recycling Center, Ithaca, New York, USA, property released.
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John Cancalosi / Fridges and various other metals in a large pile with machinery at Recycling Center, Ithaca, New York, USA, property released.
Recycling lorry Waterford, Republic of Ireland
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Paul Hobson / Recycling lorry Waterford, Republic of Ireland
Toy cars crafted from recycled materials, Dakar, Senegal, 2008
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Tom Gilks / Toy cars crafted from recycled materials, Dakar, Senegal, 2008
Woman forking well-rotted leaf mold from a big bag into a wheel barrow, UK, model released
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Dave Bevan / Woman forking well-rotted leaf mold from a big bag into a wheel barrow, UK, model released
Gardener sieving raw compost through seive, UK, model released
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Dave Bevan / Gardener sieving raw compost through seive, UK, model released
Black and white cow recycling bins in Clissold Park with The Castle Climbing Centre in background, Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney, England, UK, January 2013.
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Pat Tuson / Black and white cow recycling bins in Clissold Park with The Castle Climbing Centre in background, Stoke Newington, London Borough of Hackney, England, UK, January 2013.