No Impact Man Colin Beavan Analysis

In No Impact Man, Colin Beavan discusses many important topics, one of which is about trash. This topic got my interest because we see it everywhere, Colin goes into detail and discusses a lot of facts about it. An interesting observation was made regarding the black color of trash bags, that the reason trash bags are black instead of transparent is because people do not or cannot deal with seeing what is inside of them. Another related topic that always gets my concerns is recycling our waste. There are a lot of people that don’t recycle and just don’t care. Those empty soda cans and food cans are natural resources, and we all have to recycle them. I usually get annoyed by all those empty water bottles in the normal trash, which is not designed for recycling. While the recycling one is just about one minute far from the trash! Just before thanksgiving break, me and my friend were heading out of our chemistry lecture, and I saw about five water bottles that were on the top of the trash in the lecture hall. All students were just walking by it, and some of them even threw their empty bottles there. I got so mad and I started expressing that to my friend. When we came close to this trash I picked three bottles while telling my friend how angry I am, because the recycling trash can is just next to the lecture door from outside. We went outside of the hall and threw the empty bottles in the appropriate trash can. My friend told me how angry I looked when saw the student throwing the empty bottle there, I told her “Well.. we should do something to stop this! I mean.. can you believe that? What would’ve happened if …show more content…
Therefore we all should contribute in educating people about the benefits and the importance of recycling. Also mentioning the bad effect of this trash out there can help too. And it is good to always keep in mind that: The more people recycle, the cheaper it