Recycling

Since I didn’t go to the biology field trip, I had to write a summery on these articles. So I’m going to share 2 of the 4 that I had to do. I hope you enjoy.

Recycling Facts and Statistics

There are so many random facts in this article. It’s hard to organize them all. So this is just a list of some important ones that I liked in the article. And I quote:

“The United States has finally reached a landmark in its paper recycling efforts in 2006 with 53.4% of the paper consumed being recovered for recycling.

Mount Rumpke is the highest point in Ohio at over 1000 feet, it’s no Mount Everest; however, Mount Everest is not made up entirely of garbage. Mount Rumpke is literally a mountain of trash and is located in the Rumpke landfill.

Greece falls short with only 10% of its waste being recycled and the remaining 90% going to the landfills.

Just one quart of motor oil that is disposed of improperly can contaminate up to 2,000,000 gallons of fresh water.

Motor oil gets dirty but does not wear out.

Oil too can be recycled by re-refining the oil it can be used again and again and can help to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.”

As you can see the littlest things again have the biggest impact. Did you know that oil does not wear out? I sure didn’t. This article was another eye opener. We should take these to heart and really start recycling more in this world.

Recycling Stats

            In this article it has many cool little facts that are important for everyone to know. It says that the average person goes through 4.5 pounds of trash/garbage every day. That is a lot of trash for one person. Just imagine all of the people in the world going through 4.5 pounds of trash each and every day. That is a whole lot of garbage.  No wonder that our world is in the state that it is in with all the pollution. A lot of that trash is wasted food. Every time that you throw away a sandwich you are taking up more space in the landfills. If we recycled the food we would have thrown away we would save a lot of space in the landfills. You could put some leftover food in your garden. Some foods are great fertilizers.  

Food is not only a great contributor to the landfills. With all the construction and demolition that is going on with homes, we are using up a lot of trees. The article says that if we used the 1.2 million new home’s lumber and set them side by side it would extend 3 million miles. That would be like going to the moon and back six and a half times! That is a lot of wood. If we would just be conscious of all of the wood that would be thrown away we would save a whole lot of trees and it would cost a lot less.

As you can see there are a whole lot of little factors that in the end make a big difference. With all the food that we don’t eat because we don’t like it or whatever the reason may be, we would save a lot of landfills around the world. So think before you act when it comes to throwing away things.