Everything in the world is recycled. The water that we are using came out of the same water that went into the ocean last year. Furthermore, even the oil that we use is, in some sense, a recycled form of the dead living materials deposited millions of years ago. However, we humans are creating a brand new problem. We are straying from the path of nature. Using natural resources, we are constructing buildings, which are almost impossible to recycle. For example, plastic itself, which we use extensively in our buildings, contributes to a large portion of our environmental pollution. In addition, we are further aggravating the problem by not using recycled building materials.
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