Recycle this, recycle that. Everyone has heard that we must recycle everything we can to save the Earth. But is this true? A plastic bag has 1,000 years decomposition in landfills. If a small bag that takes time, consider their shopping bags, their bags of garbage. There is a growing industry in recycling, taking one thing and doing another. Old tires are shredded and used as playground tread. Grocery bags are remanufactured into clothing. These are examples of the economic dimension of recycling.
Lemore, California, started a recycling program 15 years ago rigid. Residents were forced to comply or face fines. Recycling has taken this rural town, provided playgrounds, water park, and funded efforts such as the municipal police department, firefighters, and funding for preschool. This is the power of recycling.
If you think you are just one person, what difference could you possibly do? Consider this … if we all make the effort, our landfills would be smaller, have less waste, recycling funding could help communities cash strapped.
There is a Native American prayer my wife once gave me. He says: "That the tracks we leave behind show that we have walked in His kindness toward the earth and all living things. That our life is a dance of celebration, the wind and can speak peace to all our children's children. "If you do not have account for yourself, think about future generations who will have to deal with our waste.
Plastic shopping bag = 1000 years in landfill of
= 400 years Disposable nappies
Aluminum cans = 500 years
Jugs of milk = 500 years
Glass Jar = Up to 1 million years
Styrofoam = never think about your possibly-out containers, your daily dose of Java
To facilitate the decomposition in landfills, oxygen is necessary to aerate the trash. A single banana peel can last up to 40 years in a landfill without proper ventilation. Recycling home of each can reduce our waste by up to half.
Try it, he just might save the planet.
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