Recycling is one of the best ways to help reduce the impact of development on the environment.  Many domestic wastes simply do not decompose in many years so it is best to reuse them in some other ways.

Last week, I visited a recycling plant for an educational tour.  I could not help but be amazed at how much waste we produce but and I was hoping all people are aware enough of the collective danger they contribute if they do not throw their wastes properly.

The recycling company has at least three dirt screening plants visible.  I was first wondering why they were there because from what I have always known, these plants are used in construction companies.

For instance, topsoil screens maybe placed on the plants to separate topsoil from gravel and other materials in the excavated land.

But then I realized that since this is a recycling plant, they have to carefully segregate waste materials so they can remove the smaller particles that may contain toxic materials when melted or mixed with other chemicals.

There is in fact a compost screen that will separate fine materials. Say, they want to recycle plastic-based materials, they need to remove fine substances that may have clung to the plastics when they were still in the garbage.

I know that there are many recycling facilities elsewhere that just dump materials without thoroughly filtering.  To a certain degree, they could still pose hazard to people in particular and the environment in general.

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