What can you do with your old clothes, unwanted books and used metal cans in your home? Try recycling.

Recycling is the act of reusing materials instead of throwing them away. Recycling helps to save resources and energy. Fewer things are thrown into the rubbish dumps. Since less waste material is destroyed, less pollution takes place.

Things that can be recycled include paper’s, metal cans, glass and plastics. Paper can be recycled to make new paper and cardboard. Metal cans are reused to produce new cans and other objects. Glass and plastics can be melted to manufacture new glass and plastic products respectively.

In Singapore, people are employed to collect things from house to house for recycling. In other instances, people can sell used items to companies that buy materials for recycling. They can also take their used materials to a place for proper disposal. Bins are usually provided in public places by town councils for throwing used cans, plastics and paper.

The next time you think of throwing away something, consider recycling it instead. This is one of the most effective ways of saving the earth. Let’s make the earth a cleaner, less cluttered and less polluted place to live in.