During the beginning of my junior year in high school, I took an elective class called “Environmental Science.” I learned about many topics such as recycling. As I progressed in the class, I began to observe how people nowadays do not seem to be aware of the issues occurring within our environment. Throughout the several years I lived in the Suisun area, people do not take the time to fully throw away their trash. The problem is that most people decide to be lazy and simply liter without the process of recycling. I think that most people in the area do not seem to recognize that they are the ones who contribute to the issues and the damages of an unhealthy living environment in our planet. My senior project is about me working with various
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I am currently working with the Matt Garcia Foundation who hosts these clean up events. The tools and items I mainly used during these important community clean up events were recyclable garbage bags, protective gloves, trash sticks, buckets, and large bins to collect all the waste/unused materials. Within the clean up events I embedded a recycling system. In this system I would label various large bins in one area into different categories, such as glass, plastic pieces, paper, bottles, and …show more content…
Poncavage states that “Even as we’re recycling more, we’re creating more garbage.” This indicates that people tend to continue to purchase more material which causes the necessities of recycling. When purchasing or consuming various items, it is still essentially adding on to the pile of garbage. It is recommended that consumers should cut back on what they purchase. For example, a common way for an individual to recycle is to reuse the a bag whenever they’re grocery shopping without causing a demand for purchasing plastic bags. It is better to reuse something than to simply throw it away. n the article, “Recycling Rates: U.S. vs. Europe,” Rachelle Gordon examines the issue of the United States keeping up with the recycling rates as Europe. Gordon states that “..the numbers of people in America recycling has gone up, but the majority of [Americans’] waste is still ending up in landfills.” Landfills are areas of disposal waste materials. These materials are usually buried in the ground and covered by the
I am currently working with the Matt Garcia Foundation who hosts these clean up events. The tools and items I mainly used during these important community clean up events were recyclable garbage bags, protective gloves, trash sticks, buckets, and large bins to collect all the waste/unused materials. Within the clean up events I embedded a recycling system. In this system I would label various large bins in one area into different categories, such as glass, plastic pieces, paper, bottles, and …show more content…
Poncavage states that “Even as we’re recycling more, we’re creating more garbage.” This indicates that people tend to continue to purchase more material which causes the necessities of recycling. When purchasing or consuming various items, it is still essentially adding on to the pile of garbage. It is recommended that consumers should cut back on what they purchase. For example, a common way for an individual to recycle is to reuse the a bag whenever they’re grocery shopping without causing a demand for purchasing plastic bags. It is better to reuse something than to simply throw it away. n the article, “Recycling Rates: U.S. vs. Europe,” Rachelle Gordon examines the issue of the United States keeping up with the recycling rates as Europe. Gordon states that “..the numbers of people in America recycling has gone up, but the majority of [Americans’] waste is still ending up in landfills.” Landfills are areas of disposal waste materials. These materials are usually buried in the ground and covered by the