Recycling: The Last of the Three Rs Recycling involves
collecting goods that have reached the end of their lives and
processing them or their parts into components to construct new
goods. Recycling is the third option in the three Rs of
environmentalism — reduce (consumption), reuse (and/or
repurpose), and recycle. Because recycling isn’t as green as
reducing or reusing (which don’t emit greenhouse gases), try to
reduce and reuse first and foremost. Glass can be recycled into
bottles, for example, but it has to go through a manufacturing
process to get there, and that process uses energy. In an ideal
world, the energy would be generated using renewable sources
such as wind, hydro, and solar power so that the recycling
process is completely green. But in the real world, that’s not
usually how it works. Recycling an item is far better than
throwing it in the trash. And as states and cities continue to
develop and encourage waste-reduction strategies, recycling will
become an even more important part of daily li