RECYCLING...Making the World a GREENER Place, One Person at a Time :)
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Motivating and Teaching Kids, Teens and Young Adults to Recycle; We ARE THE FUTURE!
Here are 5 different reasons why we should recycle!
1) Recycling conserves our valuable natural resources.
2) Recycling saves energy.
3) Recycling saves clean air and clean water.
4) Recycling saves landfill space.
5) Recycling can save money and create jobs.
Pollution Is a Problem!
The world is not your trash bin.
Pollution is a huge deal all around the world. When you pollute it affects EVERYONE including yourself. Here are some facts about pollution that are important to know. Next time you throw your trash on the floor, you'll know that you're hurting yourself and your loved ones.Pollution can be defined as chemical contaminations or other agents that can hurt our environment. THE ENVIRONMENT is where WE live...and sadly to say it is very polluted. Natural processes have released toxic chemicals into the environment through the history of the Earth, but the biggest type of pollution is generated by US, humans.
There are basically 3 types of Pollution. They are:
1) Air Pollution
2) Water pollution
3) Land Pollution
Air, Land and Water make up our environment...AND THEY ARE ALL POLLUTED.
The following is a list of things that contribute to the pollution of our Earth. :(
1) Deforestation - Large companies cut down a large scale of trees without any intention of replanting. The less trees there are, the less oxygen is released into our environment...and pollution levels rise causing a disorder in nature and chemicals.r.
2) Polluted rivers - Many factories release their chemical wastes and dirty water into nearby rivers. These chemicals alter the wildlife living in these bodies of water that can eventually harm of us.
3) Oil spills- Oil spills lead to a chain of events that are harmful to our environment, marine life, and to us in the long run...
4) Air Pollution - Every day factories release tons of waste and pollutants and chemicals which pollute the air. These chemicals are dangerous to our ozone layer which protects our earth. The pollutants factories let out cause smog and can be extremely dangerous to our health. Every year millions of people die from exposure to chemicals and pollutants.
5) Soil pollution - When waste is dumped into the soil , many toxic chemicals are released in it making it difficult to plant in that specific area.
POLLUTION CAN CAUSE MANY LIFE THREATENING PROBLEMS like like asthma, high blood pressure, water borne diseases, chronic respiratory problems and even DEATH.
What Happens When You DON'T Recycle
It's worse than you thought... :(
Everyone talks about recycling and how important it is for our Earth, but it hasn't really been made clear what happens when you DON'T recycle. Sure we know that some effects lead to global warming, climate change etc... But who or what does it specifically affect? What's the real 411?items that could have been reprocessed and put towards the production of new items are simply being put in a landfill and covered in dirt and left to decompose and release their (potentially) harmful ingredients into the soil/environment.
Whereas if you recycle, it removes the need to produce items from raw materials. Say you recycle all of your paper products. that goes towards making new paper products such as bathroom tissue, news papers, books, etc... if you recycle your plastic items that goes towards the production of clothes, housing material, razors. where as if none of these items were made from recycled materials, millions of trees would be cut down, new plastic would be made, millions of gallons of water (used in the creation of these new materials) would be wasted, & millions of gallons of chlorine (use in the whitening process of paper products) would be used.
That will raise the demand for more raw materials. For example, If you do not recycle paper, the companies won't get their old paper back to create new paper again. They will need to get more raw materials to create the paper again, in this case cutting more trees.
Factories and companies keep wasting energy to make things from raw materials, releasing excess carbon dioxide into the air, contributing to global warmin
Recycling is the Solution!
Here are some facts that can motivate YOU to start recycling ASAP!
-Every ton of mixed paper recycled can save the energy equivalent of 185 gallons of gas.-Recycling just 1 ton of aluminum cans rather than throwing them away conserves more than 207 million BTUs, the equivalent of 36 barrels of oil or 1,655 gallons of gasoline.
-If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.
-Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run your TV for 3 hours.
-More than 36% of the fiber used to make new paper products in the United States comes from recycled sources.
-In 2008, a record 53.4 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling. Americans recovered an extraordinary 53.5 million tons, averaging 360 pounds per person.
-Americans threw away 38 billion plastic water bottles in 2006
A million and a half barrels of oil - enough to fuel 100,000 cars for a year - were used to produce the bottles2.
-Aluminium dumped into our landfills today will remain there for over 200 years.
-Glass is 100% recyclable and can go from the recycling bin to a store shelf in as little as 30 days!
-Approximately 80% of recycled glass containers are made into new glass bottles and glass can be reused an infinite number of times.
-Batteries contain heavy metals such as mercury, nickel, lead and cadmium, which can leak into the ground and contaminate the environment if improperly disposed of.
-Each year Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups. This is enough to circle the earth 436 times. 4 Imagine how much Styrofoam we could keep out of our environment if we all carried travel mugs to use when purchasing hot beverages.
As you have seen, recycling can help us take an enormous step towards conserving our world's resources and energy supplies as well as limiting the amount of greenhouse gasses and other pollutants released into the atmosphere. Although it may seem like we are just tiny parts of this vast planet, each one of us really can make a significant difference by making these small and simple changes in our day-to-day activities and in the disposal of our waste products.
Different Ways To Recycle!
Here are a couple of smart ways to stop the pollution of OUR Earth. REUSE, REDUSE, RECYCLE : )
REUSE EVERYTHING! Nearly Everything we Buy and Consume can be Reused.Here's some ways to reuse simple household things...
1. Reuse your blankets and towels. Bring them to a local shelter that will be glad to put them to good use and give animals a soft, warm place to sit.
2. Reuse seeds from fruit and vegetables and try to grow them!
3. Reuse old plastic bags. There are 10 creative ways to reuse plastic bags here.
4. Reuse paper bags as school book covers, or be a little more creative with these ideas.
5. Cut used pieces of paper into scrap pieces of paper (a message pad!).
6. Reuse stove heat by opening up the stove once you are done with it and letting the warm air into your home in colder weather. Reuse the heat!
7. Reuse coffee grinds by keeping them aside and placing them into your garden or soil.
8. Reuse coffee that you don't drink by putting it over ice and placing it in the fridge for an iced coffee later.
9. Reuse Christmas trees (not the fake ones) by putting them outside for birds and letting it naturally break down.
10. Reuse packing peanuts, air pillows, bubble wrap and boxes for your own ebay shipping, or bring them by the local post office or recycling center for others to use.
11. Reuse pens and art supplies by donating them to local schools.
12. Reuse your old carpet. Even slightly dirty carpets can have a second life.
13. Reuse your old food scraps by composting them.
14. Reuse your used margarine and butter tubs by cleaning them and keeping them for leftovers (free ziploc containers!).
15. Reuse old clothing by donating it to a local charity.
16. Reuse the stuffing from old pillows and comforters into new items. Reuse the pillow covers for rags.
17. Reuse used wrapping paper and save it for next year.
18. Reuse newspaper, interesting magazines, and other paper products by using them as wrapping paper.
19. Reuse kiddie pool water on plants and shrubs.
20. Reuse your old paint by finding things to paint in your home, touch up, or donate it to a local charity.
21. Reuse your old toilet paper rolls.
22. Reuse old wallpaper and turn it into one of a_willow's suggestions!
23. Never throw away an old book, donate it to a library or to your recycling center, or a school! They can reuse it.
24. Reuse old curtains as rags for cleaning your car.
25. Reuse your old electronics by selling them on Craigslist or on eBay.
26. Reuse old glass containers with lids and save them for leftovers, or, make your own jam or jelly. Food safe airtight glass containers would be great for storing rice, pasta, sugar and flour.
27. Reuse your old sneakers by donating them to Nike's Shoe recycling program (okay, this is more recycling, but it's important!)
28. Reuse greeting cards.
29. Reuse your old toothbrush and use it to clean hard to reach areas like around the sink, your drains, faucets and grout.
30. Save stale bread and give it to the birds in the backyard (be sure to rip it small enough so they can eat it!).
31. Make a piece of artwork with your old metal cans.
32. Make your own checker set by reusing your old bottle caps.
33. There are over 20 ways to reuse your old furniture.
34. Sell or donate your old cellphone to the one of many companies out there.
35. Sell old clothing and let others reuse it, provided it looks good still.
36. For your next home renovation project, you might be able to reuse your old floor tiles.
37. Reuse popsicle sticks with these ingenius, crafty ideas.
38. Even bicycle tires can be reused.
39. Reuse old seafood seashells by crushing them and using them in your garden as decoration.
40. There are at least five ways you can reuse your old drinking straws.
41. Reuse insulation when building a home, or adding insulation. This will save energy and money!
42. There are some creative things you can do with old metal pie pan plates.
43. Reuse old spray bottles by first making sure they are okay to reuse (see the back of the bottle) and filling them with water to spray plants.
44. Reuse your old CDs and DVDs with these tips.
45. Reuse your old yard debris! Leaves, lawn cuttings, and wood chips naturally fertilize and add nutrients to your soil.
46. If you receive a gift in a gift bag, save it for another occasion and reuse that bag!
47. Reuse your old toothpaste tubes.
48. Yes, you can even reuse your mattress.
FUN Ways to Recycle!
It doesn't have to be a chore!
GARBAGE GARDENING a fun and creative way to Recycle!
There are all kinds of approaches to garbage gardening that appropriate trash items and reuse them for decorative or practical purposes in gardens. The example shown above is just one of many including colorful mosaics from broken dishes and assorted other ideas. Not extreme enough? Try guerilla gardening instead or other ways to colorfully recycle see-through materials.
Recycling Games To Get You Going!
Recycle and Make Fashion!
Old is the new NEW.
-Old corrugated boxes can become new corrugated boxes.
-Old printing and writing paper can become new printing and writing paper, wrapping paper, and paper used for magazines, books and brochures.
-Old scrap paper of all kinds can be used to make new paper towels and tissues, egg cartons, fruit trays and flower pots.
-Old grocery bags can become new mail wrappings for magazines and catalogs, new dog food bags as well as new grocery bags.
-Old toy boxes or shoe boxes can become new cereal and soap boxes, soft drink cartons and pizza boxes.
- OLD CLOTHES CAN BECOME NEW FASHION
Going Green is So Chic.
How can you not give in?
It seems like everyone is "going green" these days and popular clothing stores aren't ones to fall behind. Victoria Secret has set out a whole "Going Green" line within their Pink line for girls. These T-Shirts contain "Recyclable Friendly Message" and are very inexpensive. Other popular stores like Forever 21 and Target have also added these "Going Green" clothing styles to their racks. "Going Green" is a worldwide epidemic!
Get Creative
Recycling is ART.
Italian designer Marcella Foschi has developed a quite clever way to recycle cassette tapes: a product material that exists in abundance but is associated with a dying (or dead) technology. Her coin purses are at least cute (if not collectible) and appropriate a material we all know, love and have stopped using.
Recycle-ble School Supplies!
You can even go green in school!
The Remarkable product design team has created a series of colorful and useful versions of traditional products made out of unusual recycled materials. Their approach is quite simple yet compelling: they brand individual products with information about their origins. This makes for conversation pieces but also raises awareness about the origins and potential of composite recycled materials.
More "Recycle-ble" School Supples :)
You know their cuteee
Get Your School Involved: Have Fun With Recycling!
Yeah, Its that easy :)
Celebrities are "Going Green" YOU CAN TOO! :)
Walk down the green carpet.
Seventeen's List of Green Celebs :)
1) BRAD PITT- Actor Brad Pitt is helping to rebuild Katrina-ravaged New Orleans - and donating $5 million of his own money - to Make It Right (makeitrightnola.org), an adopt-a-green-home campaign that he hopes will help restore the still storm-ravaged Lower 9th Ward. For every $150,000 that comes in, a family will get a home. And not just any house - these will be so eco-friendly and disaster-proof, they'll even float!
2)HAYDEN PANETTIERE- When Hayden Panettiere turned 18, she skipped all-night partying, and instead spent the day registering to vote with Declare Yourself, a nonprofit campaign encouraging newly legals to exercise their political power. Then, on TV tabloid shows this past October, we caught Panettiere's tearful breakdown in Japan's waters after a failed dolphin-saving mission. She's definitely earned some green cred, and we can't wait to see this Hero's next move!
3)AMANDA BYNES- Hairspray's Amanda Bynes credits her parents for stoking her charitable nature by spending their holidays feeding the homeless. Now the 21-year-old actress incorporates volunteering into everyday life by raising money for causes, rebuilding parks, and doing anything else she can to help. "If you start [volunteering] young, you'll always have a love for it," she said in an interview.
4)HILARY DUFF- Hilary Duff makes headlines these days not by mugging for mugshots like many of her peers, but by being a philanthropic soul. The actress/singer has donated generously to Hurricane Katrina victims and is an ambassador for Return to Freedom, a sanctuary for wild horses. "When I first heard about how civilization is closing in on these wild mustangs," she said, "I knew I wanted to get involved." Duff, who's a supersuccessful clothing/accessory designer for her eponymous label, is also active in USA Harvest, a group that collects surplus food from restaurants and suppliers to deliver to missions and soup kitchens.
5)MILEY CYRUS-Miley Cyrus shows true girl power with earthly eating habits (she's a vegetarian). Hopefully she'll take it a step further by making sure her new clothing line is eco-friendly. Miley also is a proud of owner of a Toyota Prius one of the most fuel effiecient cars on the market!
6) JAY-Z & BEYONCE-Jay-Z is the founder of the UN's Water for Life, an organization devoted to giving people worldwide access to clean drinking H2O. And his wife, Beyoncé, does work for Second Harvest, a food-bank network.
7)ZAC EFRON- Heartthrob and star of High School Musical and Hairspray Zac Efron arrived at the Teen Choice Awards in an eco-limo, and has been spotted sporting an OmniPeace T-shirt in support of the organization devoted to ending extreme poverty in Africa.
8)LEONARDO DICAPRIO-Actor Leonardo DiCaprio released 11th Hour - an eco-documentary that he coproduced, wrote, and narrated - about the human impact on the environment. He also partnered with the upcoming Discovery Networks' Planet Green to produce Eco-Town, a 13-part reality series documenting the green rebuilding of a Kansas town that was torn apart by a tornado.
9)JOHN MAYER-Our planet is a wonderland! John Mayer has joined up with Reverb, an enviro org, to help him make his summer tour totally green. Plus, a portion of the proceeds from each of his concerts goes to his very own charity fund, "Back to You," which helps fund art programs, food banks, homeless shelters, and lots of other great causes.
10)JOSH HARTNETT-Superhottie Josh Hartnett is active in Global Cool, a charity that's trying to get 1 billion people to reduce their carbon footprints over the next 10 years. If you're gonna learn about CO2, having a cutie like Josh teach you is the best way to learn!
11)KRISTEN BELL-She may have all the juicy gossip, but did you know that this Gossip Girl is a vegetarian? Or at least the actress who does her voice-overs is. Kristen Bell may be Veronica Mars, but she's all about saving this planet. For the 2008 Farm Sanctuary gala and auction, Kristen offered up a lunch with herself to raise money to end cruelty to animals. No word on what she's doing about cruelty from Blair Waldorf.
12)MARY-KATE OLSEN-Though she's been known to sport all kinds of crazy furs, Mary-Kate is still totally invested in helping the environment. She's part of the Environmental Media Association, which invented the "green carpet." What does that mean? It means they've got celebs taking hybrid and electric cars to award shows and parties! Don't you wanna see MK (and Ashley!) pulling up in a Prius?
13)NATALIE PORTMAN-Natalie's jumped on the trend of celeb-designed fashion lines, but she's doing it the eco way! She's created her own line of vegan shoes. They're supercute, superstylish, and no animals were harmed in the making of them! Natalie also made the documentary Saving a Species: Gorillas on the Brink, with animal expert Jack Hanna, about preserving the habitats of African mountain gorillas. Now, that's one way to mix star power, style, and the environment!
14)JONAS BROTHERS- The Jonas Brothers have teamed up with Chevy to provide awareness for "Going Green" They have posted various videos on YouTube urging fans and viewers to recycle!
Disney Channel Stars "Going Green" :)
Jonas Brothers MOTIVATE fans to GO GREEN
Shout Out To All Kids, Teens, and Young Adults! YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
The future is in OUR hands!
It is up to us to change the path of OUR future and help "re-green" mother Earth. As cheesy as it sounds , it is true! Because of human pollution our Earth has been affected in various ways. :( We have shown you proof of what one person can do to help the Earth...and in case you forgot it is to RECYCLE! Everyone can help make a difference, but it all begins with YOU. Remember it only takes one person to make a change!! GO FOR IT tell everyone to-Take charge and recycle at home
-Collect cans and bottles, then take them to a recycling center to exchange it for money.
-Save electricity, IE: turn off the tv before you fall asleep, dont keep the lights on if your not in the room
-Choose items that arent heavily pacakged, less wrapping , smaller boxes.
-The one that we've known since we we're little, Don't keep the water running while you brush your teeth.
-Walk, ride a bike, or take the bus instead of driving your car.
-Donate your clothing instead of throwing it away.
-Buy Recycled paper and print on both sides.
-Buy rechargable batteries
-Don't throw recyclable items in the trash can, put them in their respective recycling container
-Purchase items which can be reused like rewritable cd's or Coffee mugs instead of styrafom coffee cups
-Don't dispose of things which can be used for other purposes, IE: an old ragged shirt can be used as a mop.
-Buy eco-friendly products, which can easily be recycled or decomposed when thrown away.
-Instead of using plastic bags at the groccery store, you can buy the reusable green bags which will save gallons of crude oil. Just by buying one reusable bag you save the world from pollution due to its production and then you save the world from dumping more garabge.
These are small little things both YOU AND I can do. If saving our Earth isn't motivation enough for you then let RECYCLING help make you a little ca$h. Collect bottles and cans in return for money!
Spread the Word!
It all beings with YOU!
Raising awareness all begins with you! Spreading the word around to everyone regarding the effects of pollution can actually help reduce pollution. When people are aware of their mistakes their are most likely to REPAIR THEM. Tell your friends and family. Don't be scared to look like a tree hugger! Start a "Green Club" in your school, find fun ways to recycle with your friends! There is even things you could do at the college level ( for all you , young adults) Make it known that you want to help save our lovely, wonderful EARTH...and if you are scared that people will think you are weird... It's all good because "going green" is the cool thing to do....Just look at all the celebrities who are contributing to this campaign! REDUSE, REUSE, RECYCLE and tell your friends and families :) New Guestbook
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