Recycling The importance of recycling is a question that researchers, scientists, environmentalists and ordinary families ask themselves. This is an issue that has been discussed for some time, but the key part is that it makes a difference in the world we live in. Some say that recycling is a great way to preserve our future and some say that recycling can actually produce more pollutants. The key elements of recycling according to many environmentalists are reduce, reuse and recycle. Many others conclude that they believe recycling facilities produce air pollutants and affect the air we breathe. In the research, the majority believe that recycling is a must and that it is a necessity to preserve our planet for generations to come. In contrast, there is a minority who believe that some of the four elements are cleaning the environment, conserving materials, saving energy, and reducing the amount of waste in our landfills. In this article the writer talks about the four key elements and the importance of recycling. According to the author, they put together some statistics and believe that about forty million newspapers are produced and disposed of every week, which means that about half a million trees end up in landfill every week. Trees have a huge impact on our environmental progress and maintaining forests is widely considered a key aspect of preserving the earth for generations to come. Kukreja, the website's author, says recycling a single aluminum can will produce enough energy to power a television for up to three hours. So, according to the two statistics provided by Kukreja, one can see the simple importance of recycling. Recycling plays a huge role in reducing pollution and not overfilling our landfills with waste. If we as a society were able to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in our landfills, it would make an impact. (Kukreja, an author for the website ListVerse, believes there are facts that counter the argument as to how recycling is so great. Author Andrew Handley lists some facts about the recycling process producing many pollutants such as exhaust fumes of recycling trucks and garbage trucks. It also states that a recycling plant in Washington State produced more toxic emissions than any other factory or facility in that region (Handley, 2013) In Handley's article it is difficult to validate some of the his beliefs. Some of his facts seem interesting but they are vague and seem to have no support to support some of these so called facts comes the idea that while people strive to recycle, we can always create ways healthier to achieve our goals