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Save The Planet, Recycle!
from:Imagine floating in the sky in a space shuttle and looking down at the earth. One might hope that looking down you could see all the amazing things put together by humans on this earth, such as the Great Wall of China. While this is the case, there is also one thing that can be seen from space that the humans of this planet should not be proud of – the landfill in Staten Island, NY. Perhaps after viewing this from above it would encourage citizens to recycle!
If individuals begin to recycle there are many benefits to the planet, such as cleaner water for drinking and bathing, and healthier plants and animals. It’s estimated that each year
well over one million sea mammals, turtles, and sea birds are killed from litter. Sometimes this includes threatened and endangered species, and it could all be avoided if the population decided to recycle!
Those unfamiliar with the recycling program may be wondering what they can and cannot recycle! One can recycle glass bottles and jars, aluminum, cardboard, paper bags, newspapers, metal cans, frozen food boxes, empty aerosol cans, and much more. One cannot recycle Styrofoam packaging, sneakers, toxic product containers, and ceramics.
Large items can also be recycled, such as scrap metal from cars, siding, and window/door frames. In addition to being able to recycle these items because it is environmentally friendly, scrap yards are currently paying top prices for aluminum, copper, brass, and other such metals. Loading up a truck with scrap metal to recycle at the local scrap yard could make one a hefty profit as well as help keep the planet a little bit cleaner!
While some cities, schools, and businesses already recycle regularly, it is always a great idea to encourage those in ones own local area to business. Petitions are a great way to let local lawmakers know that many people are interested in helping in this process. It can be encouraged not only to recycle the waste of that individual town or business, but also to help by incorporating the use of recycled papers and other materials into their business methods. The more towns and businesses hear that their citizens, employees, or costumers value their recycling efforts the more likely they are to begin to recycle on a daily basis.
On a smaller level, beginning to help by recycling in ones own home is also a great idea. Every little bit helps. Collect old newspapers, egg cartons, and magazines instead of throwing them out each week and donate them to schools for art projects. Old clothing can always be donated to local charities instead of creating more waste in landfills, as well as old furniture. If old clothing and blankets are not in good condition, local animal shelters are always in need of these items for rags or pet bedding. Remember, before polluting the earth more than it already is, there is one thing to do: recycle!
Recycling Old Houses News
New home puts family in touch with the land - Vancouver Sun
New home puts family in touch with the land Vancouver Sun "Rather than sending the home to the landfill, we have given it a new life as our family home out on the farm," Angela said. Low cost was an incentive to recycle a home as well: they built a full basement underneath the house to give themselves 2800 ... |
Concerns Grow About Spent Fuel Rods at Damaged Nuclear Plant in Japan - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Concerns Grow About Spent Fuel Rods at Damaged Nuclear Plant in Japan Pittsburgh Post Gazette The operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., or Tepco, has tried to assuage the fears, recently issuing a seven-page report, complete with diagrams and photographs, that details reinforcement work carried out last summer at the building that houses the pool ... |
Noble salvage - Financial Times
 Financial Times | Noble salvage Financial Times If royalty depended on the second-hand trade to recycle outmoded interiors into something fit for a princess, where does that leave the rest of us? Before statutory protection in many countries made it illegal to strip historic homes of their fittings, ... |
Sira-sira Store: Uncorking the truth - Sun.Star
Sira-sira Store: Uncorking the truth Sun.Star She wanted the bottles for a project, started in 1956 when she was nearly 60: To build a wall that would screen off smell and dust of a nearby turkey farm and to make a house for her collection—17000 commemorative pencils. She didn't have recycling in ... |
Scrap as art - Attleboro Sun Chronicle
 Attleboro Sun Chronicle | Scrap as art Attleboro Sun Chronicle "I enjoy making things, especially out of things you can recycle," said Gafford, 50, a semi-retired real estate manager who's turned mechanical aptitude and piles of old machine parts, bicycle rims and ornamental iron into everything from mariachi ... |