Arguably, recycling is one of the most important things that you can easily do with your day. As it stands now, each person on average creates over four pounds of waste per day. This means that around 220 million tons of waste is generated each year in the United States alone. Somewhere around fifty five percent of all of this finds its way to landfills which then just sit there and nothing can be done with it at that point. Now, quite a bit of this could be recycled. The unfortunate thing is that people either do not know that their waste could be placed in recycling centers or there are no recycling centers nearby. Sadly, some people simply see the act of recycling as tiresome and fruitless. This could not be farther from the truth.

While most of us are used to the main recycling groups, so to speak, there are other things that can be reused. While cardboard, paper, plastic, and metal are all common recycling substances, one of the first things that you think of when you hear that word is probably not water. Luckily for you, however, scientists have found a way to recycle water. Considering there is only a certain amount of usable water left on the planet, it is good news that this system has been developed.

If you own something like a water purifier which you keep in your refrigerator, you have already used the basis of water recycling technology. When you put tap water into your purifier, the filter will pull out any contaminants and turn it into drinkable water. This is similar to what recycling water is like. When water is used for something like washing your trucks, it can be trapped in an area which is then fed through a large version of that water purifier so that it can be used again. This means that not only do you end up using less water, but it saves you money as well if you are using something like Neptune’s automated wash systems. We want to make sure that the environment is kept as clean as possible for as long as possible and that we preserve it for the future. This is one of the ways that you can help us reach our goals of preserving the Earth.