Recycle+for+a+Reason



= =
 * Did you know that the average American throws out five pounds of trash every day!? Did you know that recycling can reduce your garbage by up to forty percent?! If you could help protect our environment just by recycling, there is no reason you shouldn't. I am striving to bring this idea across to people of all ages that there is a way you could easily help the environment. If only one person began recycling it wouldn't make that much of a difference, but if everyone worked together to help the environment, we could all make a huge impact on the world!!! Every single person counts!!!**

=__//Questions that will be reviewed on this Wikispace://__= What is recycling? Why should I recycle? What can you recycle? How long does it take for things to decompose? How can I help?

What exactly is recycling? This question may seem obvious, however some people don't know what recycling is. Recycling is to reuse something. For example, you could have a scrap box at home that has all of the paper that you may reuse. You can also recycle by having your trash, such as paper, plastic, or glass, taken somewhere to be turned into new matrials. Recycling is easy to do, so even you could try it.

There are a myriad of reasons why you should recycle! One way is that, as I said, it can reduce your garbage, that is filling up our landfills, by up to forty percent. Secondly, it can help save our forests that are being cut down to make new products. Did you know that if the current destruction of our rainforests continues, rain forests will disappear by the year 2030. Third, it will help slow global warming because the factories would not have to produce as many products, which keeps the pollution to a minimum. Not only can you help yourself by recycling, you can help save endangered animals as well. Also, if you recycle, our air will be clearer and cleaner. Those are only some reasons why you should recycle.

There are many materials you can recycle. Not only can you recycle paper, but you can also recycle [|plastic]. You could also recycle [|glass]. Paper, plastic, and glass is what makes up most of our garbage, so you can see why it reduces our waste.

Another reason you should recycle is because some materials are very slow to decompose. Decompose means to break down something over time. For example, an apple core takes a whole two months just to decompose, while paper takes two years! Also, a styrofoam cup takes 50 years, and an aluminum can takes 200 years to decompose! That is almost as long as the United States has existed! To get worse, a plastic bottle takes 450 years, and diapers take 500 years to decompose. [|Monofilament] takes 600 years to decompose. Plus, all our garbage [|kills thousands of marine animals a day].

How can you recycle? You should try asking your leaders how you can start recycling today. You can even //educate// people about the importance of recycling. If none of that works, there are many websites that offer help for recycling, such as [|earth911.org]. If all else fails, try making a scrap box at your home and put any usable scraps in it that you may use another time. Go down to the //Recycling idea// page at the bottom for more tips! Good luck!

Another way you can help is by going to freecyle websites where you can exchange items you don't want anymore for items you need for free instead of throwing it away. Some examples of freecycling networks include http://sharingisgiving.org/, http://www.freesharing.org/, http://www.reuseitnetwork.org/ ,http://www.aroundagain.org/, or http://www.swaptree.com/WebFrmLoginRegistration.aspx?mode=join&promotioncode=YHOO_FreeC

Go to [|http://wecansolveit.org], [], or http://globalgreen.org/getinvolved to sign up with millions of other people to vie to help stop global warming.

//-Here is a chart that discribes what we do with our garbage.//


 * -//This is the recycle sign//**

Kids Page Recycling Ideas Fun Facts Websites to learn more about going green Recycling Work Cited