Recycling and earth day pp

Recycling and earth day pp

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  Paul O’Malley, studentat UMass Dartmouth
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  Recycling  Recycling iswhen we are able to reuse things we could throw away and have them remade into other useful things, such as plastic and glass bottles, metals, paper, and cardboard.  By recycling, we can save very large amounts of energy and money  For example, energy recycling could provide the U.S. with 40% of its electrical needs, and save from $70-150 BILLION each year!
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  Some Recycling Facts Every year, Americans use approximately 1 billion shopping bags, creating 300,000 tons of landfill waste.  The state of California spends about 25 million dollars sending plastic bags to landfill each year, and another 8.5 million dollars to remove littered bags from streets.  Every year, Americans throw away enough paper and plastic cups, forks, and spoons to circle the equator 300 times.  In 2008, only 23.1% of glass disposed of was recycled, and only 7.1% of plastics and 21.1% of aluminum.  Opening up recycling compost stations could produce 6 to 10 times as many jobs as dumps and landfills
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  Landfills
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  Landfills  The mostcommon form of waste disposal  Landfills are massive holes in the ground, some being several acres in size, that trash is simply dumped into and covered with dirt.  This leads to contamination of the soil, and possible nearby water supplies as rainfall causes the waste to seep through the soil and farther from it’s origin.  Thousands of tons of recyclable material is thrown into landfills each year, which has potential to save hundreds of millions of dollars!
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  Earth Day History Established on April 22nd, 1970 by founder and Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson  After the horrific oil spill in Santa Monica, CA in 1969, he proposed a nationally recognized day that encouraged people to help clean the environment in any way and build awareness of the  Once recognized, the first Earth Day was a success, drawing in 20 million people protesting to help clean up the Earth
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  Earth Day today Earth Day is now observed in 175 countries, with close to 500 million people doing their part to help keep the Earth clean in any way possible.  Even the smallest way to do your part helps keep the environment clean, even if that means to recycle some old soda cans
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  How you canhelp!  Don’t throw any paper, plastic, cans, or bottles in the trash can, throw them in recycling bins  If you have recycling bins, place the paper in the paper bins, plastic in the plastic bins, and glass in the glass bins  That way it makes it easier for the recycling workers to sort the different items to where they’re supposed to go  Soda cans are worth a nickel a piece…it might not seem like a lot but they can add up quick and you’ll have an extra few dollars in your pocket at the end of
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  Sources  http://wilderness.org/content/fighting-our-earth-make-every-d  http://www.epa.gov/earthday/  http://www.earthday.org/earth-day-history-movement  http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/wasteFacts.html  http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html  http://www.recycled-energy.com/main/facts-about-energy-recy  http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/images/pictures/coloringpages/c