Why I recycle!

1)One american produces 1,460 pounds of trash each year.

2)Saving Space- The landfill space can be used for other purposes like building homes, parks, businesses, etc.

**Saving Natural Resources- It can help by saving the natural rescources such as oil, plants, trees, metal, minerals, etc. So this will help save all the precious rescources we use daily.

**Saving Energy- It can help by saving energy which also comes from oil, coal or natural gas.

**Reducing Pollution- Factories that burn raw materials cause much more pollution than you think it does. But, if the factories were to burn recycable materials then it would cause much less pollution.

3)Reducing means to cut down on the trash & other wastes that we produce daily around the world.

4)Reusing means that instead of throwing away the trash that you produce daily, use them again if they are able to be reused again so you can not produce so much trash in a daily basis.

5)Recycling means that instead of throwing materials such as glass, plastic, steel, aluminum, and motor oil.

6)Garbage- In 1997, Americans produced 220 millions tons of waste which is a huge harm to our enviorment and space.

**Paper- By throwing away millions of paper, Americans are killing at least 500,000 trees every single week.

**Landfills- Some products can take between 100 to 400 years to decompose.

**Recycling- Americans can save 15 trees by recycling 1 tons of newspapers.

**Energy- If you recycle 1 bottle, you can save the amount of energy it takes to keep a 100-watt light bulb burning for 4 hours.