How does Reducing, Reusing and Recycling my waste benefit the environment? Reducing, reusing and recycling your waste benefits the environment in a number of ways. Firstly, it saves energy. For example, making an aluminium can from recycled materials uses 20 times less energy than making it from its raw materials. Another benefit of reducing, reusing and recycling is that it saves the earth's natural resources. For example, if aluminium cans are not used to make new ones, non-renewable bauxite must be mined to manufacture new aluminium cans. |