Zero waste V.S landfilling

Nowadays, the concept of zero waste is popularizing around the globe, giving people a light for reducing rubbish. Zero waste is quite useful in many aspects compared with the traditional landfilling.
Firstly, as the definition of zero waste suggested, it does not sacrifice land to the rubbish. In zero waste, people use the things which are recycled, meaning that even a useless thing can be made into another useful thing. As a result, materials are saved, at the same time, the land is saved too. However, by the conventional landfilling, large amount of land is wasted and polluted. This situation is extremely unacceptable in this high population world today. In contrast, material recycling can also reduce the exploitation of new natural resources, which come from the used things in zero waste. Meanwhile, the emission of greenhouse gas and environment pollution related to the exploitation of the natural resources like drilling and milling can be significantly deducted. Furthermore, the time value and economic value should be taken into account. Through zero waste, the land can be used in other much more efficient ways. Forests can be saved and replanted, protecting bio-diversity and producing fresh air as well. Nevertheless, landfilling can only lead to useless land lasting for centuries.
From what has be well illustrated above, we can safely say that the concept of zero waste is environmentally friendly, and evidently better than the traditional way we deal with rubbish.


author : Chen Yiguo
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