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Recycling reduces the amount of waste sent to community landfills. The less waste sent to landfills, the fewer landfills needed to dump the waste. This, in turn, prevents natural resources such as land space and trees from being harvested to make areas for landfill use.

Another benefit of recycling is the potential to save energy. Making products from recycled materials requires less energy than making products from raw materials. For example, making new aluminum materials from recycled soda cans uses 95% less energy than making them from scratch.

Just as paper, plastic, and aluminum can be recycled, so can food waste. And it's good for the environment, too! Households can use food waste for compost that can grow more food source products.

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Recycling is an important practice that has numerous benefits for the environment. Not only does it reduce waste sent to landfills, but it also saves energy and can even be applied to food waste for composting.

These paragraphs discuss the benefits of recycling in terms of waste reduction, energy conservation, and the potential for recycling food waste. Recycling not only reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills but also saves energy and promotes the use of food waste for compost production.

In the paragraphs below, we will explore the environmental benefits of recycling. We will discuss how recycling reduces waste in landfills and saves energy, as well as the potential for recycling food waste to create compost for growing more food source products.