Fact 1: Recycling reduces the resources needed to make something.

Fact 2: Recycling Recycling protects the environment.

Given the two facts above, answer the question "what does reducing the resources needed to make something do?" with the following options: 
- energy usage
 - converting electricity to heat
 - Riding a bike
 - lowered energy cost
 - bread gets sweeter and crunchy
 - protects the environment
 - organisms and their habitat
 - recovery time from fatigue


 

      protects the environment   