Recycling around the around has been implemented for more than a decade now, especially here in the United States. Recycling materials, such as plastic and aluminum, can help demonstrate a practical way in keeping the environment healthy and clean. People who accompany in this practice of recycling can change the outlook by encouraging others and future generations in saving the earth. In other countries, there are methods and policies in maintaining an orderly fashion to promote a sustainable community. While U.S residents are already familiar with recycling programs in the local regions, other countries’ recycling methods will be approached to better understand their ways to sustain the environment. In the U.S, the majority of our waste…
Donating a penny is simple but giving away something more worthy, we tend to get hesitant. People fear that they will lose more money if United States got rid of pennies, steel can be replaced to make pennies instead of copper, and collecting pennies can truly add money quickly. I think that the United States should keep pennies. First, getting rid of pennies will raise the prices on items. "Penny Wise or 2.41 Cents Foolish" says that if a cup of coffee costs $2.01, it should be raised down to…
The need for the grey water recycling system seems to be more essential to the life on this earth than ever before. This is the fourth consecutive year that California has been in a severe drought and things don’t seem to be bettering. Due to prior ineffective methods of recycling water the U.S has experienced pollution in our large bodies of water, job losses, clueless water waste, and . This is why the use of the grey water system can more efficiently, reduce the amount of fresh water used…
The United States is rank number one in trash-producing country in the world, that has created 1,600 pounds per capita on an average. Every person in the United States generates more than four pounds of solid waste a day. Plastic bottles are used 2.5 million times every hour in the United States and more than half are thrown away. In 2008 South Carolina had 13 million of solid wastes and just under 5 million was recycled. The United States needs to start recycling more, so we can have a more…
Successful recycling requires not only participation from the public, but also students. The importance of campus recycling is to preserve the limited quantity of resources that are used to produce common university materials. It’s every student’s responsibility to be informed about the demand of materials they use daily, and the current ways those materials are being reused and recycled. Recycling has become one of the most important movements that promote sustainability for our environment and…
resident of Oklahoma City, near northwest expressway. I am writing with some concerns some residents and i have regarding making recycling mandatory in Oklahoma City, because we throwaway reusable waste that can be recycled. This will help reduce the amount of waste coming from our homes, factories and some businesses. Recycling should be mandatory for everyone because it can lead to a clean environment, conservation of materials and the creation of jobs. Recycling will help creates a clean…
are creating exciting new markets and completing a loop,” says Kate Warner (Shulman). Recycling is a practice familiar to mankind since 400 B.C, though the word itself can trace its origin back to 1922 in regards to industrial processes and in 1960 for the reuse of waste material. Recycling has been a common practice in the efforts to help the economy as seen during war and post-war eras with the gathering of scrap metals, paper, bottles and so forth. Over the decades, recycling has grown thanks…
you know that recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours (Thinkcans, n.d.) Recycling is important in today’s world. At the rate we are exploiting the materials, I’m afraid that the world might end soon due to lack of resources. Today I will discuss the importance of recycling and how we can do our part. I will be covering why there is a need to recycle, how we can recycle and the pros and cons of recycling. Recycling should not be an option for the people.…
The purpose of this letter is to let you know about the lack of recycling programs in Utah today. I care about this issue considering that, in the past 4 years alone, I have lived in two places that didn’t have any recycling programs and I only moved one time. I currently live in an area with no recycling program. Places like Salt Lake City and West Valley have recycling programs, and that is acceptable, but it is imperative that recycling programs expand to more of Utah. This issue affects…
According to Waste Management, the average American will throw away nearly 600 times their body weight in their lifetime. Furthermore, less than 22% of this waste is recycled. I am here to advocate the importance of recycling, especially in our own community. People of all ages need to make the extra effort to recycle for a multitude of reasons. Recycling helps save the environment, conserves resources, reduces landfill space and saves money. Recycle Across America states that recycling is the…