Evening Everbody,
My topic I'm sure to choose is Why people need to Recycle. Plain and simple. This topic is of great interest and importance to me, and should be to everyone else as well. I notice tons of people who fail to think twice about their harmful disposals, and the devastating effects it has on our earth. Prehaps if people were a little more educated on the subject, they would be more inclined to recycle. Through my Working Knowledge Search i found many great websites through Google. I also came across helpful info in Wikipedia and Encyclopedia. I found simple and effective ways that how everyone can do their part. *If all U.S. households installed water-efficient appliances, the country would save more than 3 trillion gallons of water and more than $18 billion dollars per year! *All plastics require at least 100 to 400 years to break down in a landfill. My understanding of this topic is deepening, with the more research i do.
Thanks, let me know if you have feedback.
-Alexus Smoak
Cool! I know I, for one, would love to learn more about this subject. I have to admit I'm not that educated on the whole recycling subject. Look forward to learning more :)
ReplyDeleteDear Alexus,
ReplyDeleteI think that explaining exactly why people should recycle might make people more inclined to. Everyone knows that you should! Did you you know that in the middle of the Pacific Ocean near Japan there is a huge floating trash heap? And that dumping garbage and chemicals in the ocean is causing cancer in oceanic animals? and that when you eat these animals, such as fish you are introducing these contaminants into your body? True story. I think that recycling is a very broad topic and you will find a lot of information but it would be interesting if you could find one specific topic within recycling. I look forward to reading your work. Good luck!
Jade Simms
I think it'd be interesting to address some of the concerns people have with recycling, that the actual recycling costs more, uses more energy, and creates more harmful emissions. The net positive effect may outweigh those things, but I think it's something people should take into account.
ReplyDeleteEnergy isn't free, and much of it comes from energy sources that aren't "green." If you have to use a bunch of energy in order to recycle, it seems kind of counter-productive.
Also, it causes at least twice as much pollution, as dedicated trucks drive all over the city to pick up trash and then recycling.
I recently picked up food from Burgerville for the first time in a while, and now they make a big deal about their new compostable cups and lids. But when you look at the cups, they have warnings saying that they have to be composted in commercial compost facilities, and it suggests one and gives an address.
ReplyDeleteSo Burgerville looks good for having "green" packaging, but when someone actually tries to take advantage of it they find that they need to save up a bunch of the packaging and then take a roadtrip to drop them off.
How many people do you think are doing that? Or how many do of them do you think are just throwing them away like normal?
In the end, Burgerville gets to charge us more for "green" packaging, they get the positive PR boost from it, and then it all just gets thrown away like business as usual. Is it really helping?