Recycling refers to the process of treating used or waste materials to enable their reuse for new products.
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| Arguments in favor of | Arguments opposing |
| It is a treatment process. | |
| Recycling helps to reduce the need for landfills and hence reducing the pollution associated with them. | Recycling may be costly and energy intensive, and may be not environment friendly or worker friendly. |
| It enables reuse of used materials. | |
| Recycling helps to reduce the speed of depletion of natural resources. | Recycling may be limited or may be not possible or cost effective for certain materials. |
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