Topic > Recycling and its Effects on the Environment - 1058

Nowadays, recycling has become a popular topic because it basically impacts the environment in our life. Recently, the improvement of the recycling system can solve the environmental problems of human life. There are three main points on how to manage waste or waste: reuse, reduce and recycle. According to my previous proposal, the definition of recycling is a process of how we can manage our waste or garbage materials to change and become useful materials and new products. “Recycling is the process by which previously used objects and materials are converted into something else, rather than discarded” (Reno & Alexander, 2012, p.1). Furthermore, recycling is a new and modern solution to reduce the amount of wasted products that technically we could reuse those useless products or materials. Recycling also helps many people manage these waste materials and create new, valuable materials from those previous waste materials. There are many specific reasons that make the recycling system valuable, other than the lack of sufficient spaces for waste or garbage in our place or the absence of a proper system for recycling. Especially for recycling in Bali, caused by tourism in Bali. Bali is a tropical island in Indonesia with a population of over three million people (Medina, 2009). However, the Bali government created the “Bali Green and Clean” program which inspired many visitors from other countries to encourage the Bali government to implement these recycling programs (Indonesia Organic, 2010, pp. 1). Furthermore, the Bali government has created a legal law for these programs. The Bali government wants to involve communities in managing waste products or materials with Bali artisans so that they become worthy products after collaborating with each other... middle of paper... in Bali. Biocycle, 50(8), 41.Reno, J., & Alexander, C. (2012). Recycling economies: the global transformation of materials, values ​​and social relations. London: Zed Books.Lehman, S., & Crocker, R. (2012). Designing for zero waste: consumption, technologies and the built environment. New York, NY: Routledge.Green, D., & Curtis, J. (2011). The new EPA definition of solid waste and consequences for recycling. Trends: ABA Section of the Environment, Energy and Resources Newsletter, 42(5), 6-7. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/871225371?accountid=45519Indonesia Organic. (2010). Bali Green Province Program 2010 - 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2014, from http://www.indonesiaorganic.com/search.php?q=bali+clean+and+green&submit=GoAckerman, F. (1997). Why we recycle: markets, values ​​and public policies. Washington, DC: Island Press.