Recycling Plastic I conducted an interview on campus where I asked students simple questions such as “Do you think recycling plastic is important?” to which 90% responded enthusiastically that it was. This survey demonstrates that recycling is in fact considered an important aspect of campus life.
However, recycling plastic is not without its faults. While the current recycling system used nation wide and by California State University, Northridge functions, there are still improvements to be made in the role of the individual as well as plastic recycling process. On campus everyone is encouraged to recycle their bottles, cans, paper, ink cartridges, and other objects. In fact, according to the Associated Students page on the CSUN website there are “more than 200 locations” where a student or faculty member can recycle. Throughout the campus there are three bins in a row labeled “landfill/trash,” “paper," and “bottles and cans”. These cans serve to cut down the process as a whole by eliminating some of the …show more content…
For example, in Japan citizens play a more prominent role in the recycling process compared to Americans. Furthermore, according to Plastic Waste Management Institute the role of Japanese consumers is to “…reduce their waste emission through making reasonable choices of containers and packaging and sort their containers and packaging waste for collection”. Meaning that Japanese citizens separate their waste into “burnable, non burnable, and recyclables”(Plastic Waste Management Institute). The separation process reduces the chances of contamination as well as prevents plastic materials from going directly to landfills. The system functions more cohesively because the Japanese residents are playing an active role in separating the trash, while the Japanese Government is playing its role at making this system of
However, recycling plastic is not without its faults. While the current recycling system used nation wide and by California State University, Northridge functions, there are still improvements to be made in the role of the individual as well as plastic recycling process. On campus everyone is encouraged to recycle their bottles, cans, paper, ink cartridges, and other objects. In fact, according to the Associated Students page on the CSUN website there are “more than 200 locations” where a student or faculty member can recycle. Throughout the campus there are three bins in a row labeled “landfill/trash,” “paper," and “bottles and cans”. These cans serve to cut down the process as a whole by eliminating some of the …show more content…
For example, in Japan citizens play a more prominent role in the recycling process compared to Americans. Furthermore, according to Plastic Waste Management Institute the role of Japanese consumers is to “…reduce their waste emission through making reasonable choices of containers and packaging and sort their containers and packaging waste for collection”. Meaning that Japanese citizens separate their waste into “burnable, non burnable, and recyclables”(Plastic Waste Management Institute). The separation process reduces the chances of contamination as well as prevents plastic materials from going directly to landfills. The system functions more cohesively because the Japanese residents are playing an active role in separating the trash, while the Japanese Government is playing its role at making this system of