Many people will say, 'I don't need to recycle, I'm only one person. It won't affect anyone if I don't recycle.' In actuality, every person impacts the world of recycling in many ways. Recycling has many positive affects: saving energy and money, creating new jobs, reducing pollution, and improving the wildlife habitats. (AboutMyPlanet) Everyday I see people throw paper into the trash bin instead of the recycling bin. Recycling paper can save an enormous amount of energy and money. How? When creating paper, the tree needs to be cut down and then processed into paper. It's much easier (and less polluting) to take waste materials and turn those into paper. Producing recycled paper uses 80% less water, 65% less energy, and cuts down pollution by 95%, compared to producing new paper. By using less materials, we don’t create as much waste. This allows us to preserve natural resources, that we may have an abundance of now, but do not have an endless supply of. Next time you’re throwing something away, think about how your contribution can help the environment.
Green tip of the week: Use filtered water rather than buying bottled water. The industry that creates bottled water produces about 1.5 million tons of plastic per year. (AboutMyPlanet) That's a ridiculous amount! Buy an Eco-friendly water bottle, and refill that using filtered tap water.
