Recycling is one way to reduce the waste taken to landfills. Recycling is also the process we use to reuse recovered items. In my household, we recycle aluminum cans, glass, newspapers, plastic bottles, and magazines because I care about the environment. Recycling is good for the environment because it conserves our natural resources, it saves energy, and it reduces pollution. The problem is that we need to convince the community to recycle more than they are doing. We need to convince the City of Auburn to teach the community to recycle more. One way Auburn can help its citizens is by adding more recycling bins throughout the community and also provide more than one location to drop off recyclable materials.
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Pollution is the process of making land, water, air, or other areas in nature unclean and harmful to use. Less water pollution is produced per ton by paper recycling virgin paper mills because paper recycling mills do not produce dangerous air, water contamination, or unsafe waste (Opposing Viewpoints). On the other hand, the virgin pulp is one of the world’s largest generators of harmful wind pollution, surface water pollution, and solid wastes. A vehicle picking up trash typically generates more pollution than vehicles used to pick up …show more content…
They can also be used for coffee grounds and small amounts of cardboard. Food scraps should be recycled or composted because they turn into beneficial soil that provide organic matter and nutrients. Food scraps can be composted inside or outside of a home. Recycled food scraps becomes fertilizer for the soil which will keep it out of landfills. Food scraps should be composted in warm bins or buried in gardens. The food scraps that can be composted at home are fruit and vegetable trimmings, coffee grounds, and tea bags. Do not compost meat, dairy products, or pet waste. Compost improves soil health and structure, increases drought resistance and reduces the need for water, fertilizers and pesticides. When managing a compost pile, it will not attract pests and rodents and can take as much as six to eight weeks to create usable compost (How to
Natural resources, which …show more content…
Pollution is the process of making land, water, air, or other areas in nature unclean and harmful to use. Less water pollution is produced per ton by paper recycling virgin paper mills because paper recycling mills do not produce dangerous air, water contamination, or unsafe waste (Opposing Viewpoints). On the other hand, the virgin pulp is one of the world’s largest generators of harmful wind pollution, surface water pollution, and solid wastes. A vehicle picking up trash typically generates more pollution than vehicles used to pick up …show more content…
They can also be used for coffee grounds and small amounts of cardboard. Food scraps should be recycled or composted because they turn into beneficial soil that provide organic matter and nutrients. Food scraps can be composted inside or outside of a home. Recycled food scraps becomes fertilizer for the soil which will keep it out of landfills. Food scraps should be composted in warm bins or buried in gardens. The food scraps that can be composted at home are fruit and vegetable trimmings, coffee grounds, and tea bags. Do not compost meat, dairy products, or pet waste. Compost improves soil health and structure, increases drought resistance and reduces the need for water, fertilizers and pesticides. When managing a compost pile, it will not attract pests and rodents and can take as much as six to eight weeks to create usable compost (How to