My opinion about recycling

Nowadays, as people’s lives are becoming better and more comfortable in every country, the world is full of things which did not exist before. Every day something new is invented, produced somewhere in the world. To produce these things, people are using natural resources such as iron, fuel, wood…arbitrarily. Experts warn that natural resources are not endless and will be exhausted some day soon.

As much as people are using natural resources, people are also creating lots of waste. Most of them, including metal and plastic…can’t be disposed of easily. Untreatable or untreated wastes pollute soil, water, air and killed fish and plants. Environmental pollution has become a serious problem for every country in the world.

Recycling is the best way to resolve these two above problems. By using wastes like metals, plastics…to make new production instead of taking from nature, people can save money, reduce waste and protect the environment. I think recycling is efficient and necessary.

In Japan, recycling is very popular and strictly required by the city’s regulation. When people want to throw away waste, they have to separate waste into very specific categories like burnable trash, plastic, pet bottle, can… etc(?). They even have to wash or take away a label of trash like plastic or pet bottle, can…to be easier to recycle before throwing away. The recycling rate is very high, but honestly, it is rather bothersome.

Far different from Japan, in my country, people don’t have to separate wastes. At disposal plant, there are people who pick up trash and sell them to the company where they recycle them, but it is very limited in trash like metals. It is convenient because there is no need to separate or wash wastes, but the recycling rate is very low.
I hope new technology will be found in the near future, so it can help make recycling easier and people don’t have to do bothersome things to be able to recycle.