Plastic recycling

Countries and cities everywhere are trying to ban the sale of plastic water bottles for many different reasons. Some reasons are for health environment and more, but is the ban worth it? I believe that states should start banning plastic water bottles. My fisrt reason I think we should ban plastic water bottles,even though people are recycling, it isn’t enough for how much plastic water bottles we buy, The author, Katy Steinmetz wrote, “""[The bottles] are not being thrown away … They are…

BPA (bisphenol-A) is an industrial chemical that is widely used in commercial products such as, hard plastic food and beverage containers as well as hygiene products. It is one of the most well-known and widely used chemical that can affect the endocrine system. BPA is an example of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs), which are chemicals known to disrupt and affect the normal functions of the endocrine system. (Fraser, D. 2012) It can also be used in baby bottles and in the lining of canned…

For decades, we have been tricked into believing that plastic bottled water is a safer and healthier alternative to tap water. Unfortunately, the water bottle industry is hiding something from us, and the truth is frightening. Studies by the Container Recycling Institute found that Americans buy approximately 42.6 billion plastic water bottles each year. Roughly 80 percent of these containers end up in a landfill, and millions wash up on roadways or in nature. Countries around the world are…

the US, where recycling makes people want to clean their cities, states, and country. Other people think that recycling should not be established because it takes too much effort. America would become better if recycling is mandatory. The argument about this topic would be that recycling programs should be mandatory in the US because it will remove trash from landfills, it is successful for cities to be kept clean, and it would help save energy on making new materials. Many recycling programs…

Our planet is being invaded and destroyed not by some green or blue aliens or by terrorist or some strong government that trying to take over the world. Earth is being conquered by garbage that is filling our oceans with plastic, the land with toxic material that takes hundreds of years if not more to decompose. Much of what ends up in the ocean and landfills could be recycled and people are not being encouraged to recycle more of their household waste. But it is not the trash from our homes…

in their lifetime. Furthermore, less than 22% of this waste is recycled. I am here to advocate the importance of recycling, especially in our own community. People of all ages need to make the extra effort to recycle for a multitude of reasons. Recycling helps save the environment, conserves resources, reduces landfill space and saves money. Recycle Across America states that recycling is the top action society can do to simultaneously improve the environment, the economy and sustainable…

a split second to think, you toss it in the trash. Tossing them in the garbage without blinking an eye, although the green recycling bin was a foot away from the trash can. You agree the economy and society are going downhill, but what you may not have realized is throwing away that glass bottle just leads to pollution and contributed to that overwhelming landfill. Recycling is such a simple step with so many positive effects. Humans need to start doing simple things to make the world a better,…

“Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to listen to a full album on your iPod. Recycling 100 cans could light your bedroom for two whole weeks.” (DoSomething.org) Recycling is an important job that needs to be taken seriously in order to preserve the planet. Using recycled paper means using that many less trees and destroy less of the rainforest. Oregon is a great example for reducing, reusing, recycling, and replanting and if more states followed it would save our environment for years…

battery of other lead-acid battery” (recycling Laws Map). This is a step in the right direction, but it still is not good enough. We need better and stricter laws, and we need to do a better job enforcing the law that we already have. California has one of the best laws regarding recycling. The state of California has created a law about commercial recycling. The law says, “A business that generates four cubic…

die. Do you know we, human beings, are eliminating that main factors in our lives? We are doing this on our own because of we are lazy enough to grab a plastic pot and throw it into a recycling bin or not even have one. We prefer to throw garbage into the closest trash can or not even throw it into a bin but in the streets. Do you think recycling is important? I do, if you do we are okay, but if you don't I will explain why. Have you ever asked yourself where does all the garbage go? I…