Why we should recycle

• Because each of us is responsible for the waste we generate. We cannot throw away just anything, anywhere, regardless of what we leave behind and of the disastrous effects that waste has on the environment where we live. We all wish for better, cleaner roads, streets, towns. It is time each of us did something to achieve that.
• Because recycling means respect for the law and for ourselves. The legislation obliges us to recycle in order to reduce the effects of pollution, but beyond these obligations, we should be aware that nature has limited capacities to process our waste.
• Because each child has the right to breathe clean air, to walk in clean parks and forests, to play in safe places and to grow up in a healthy environment, and we, the grown-ups, have the responsibility to make sure that we offer them these conditions.
• Because waste becomes valuable when it is correctly recycled. When it is disassembled and treated according to environment standards, waste becomes secondary raw material. This means that natural resources are used efficiently.
• Because waste electrical and electronic equipment can contain dangerous substances which, once they reach the water, air or soil, have long-term harmful effects on our food, on the water we drink or the air that we breathe.

These are only a few of the reasons why it is compulsory for recycling to become a habit, going beyond the status of a topic for fashionable conversation.