Recycling is a enormous part of trying to become more eco-effienct. I'm going to assume you know what global warming is, and that you know we are slowly killing our planet. Recycling is a way to help prevent this, because garbage would not be sitting in a landfill or tossed into the ocean. Recycling is also a way to avoid releasing harsh chemicals into the atmosphere.
Recycling reuses materials. Paper is easily recyclable, which is why we see lots of coffee cups or paper that says "made from ___% recycled paper." Pop cans and aluminum are also a major source of recycling. Recycling pop cans saves 95% percent of the energy it takes to manufacture a brand-new one. While all Canadian provinces and territories have pop recycling programs, only a handful of states do. Tsk tsk, Americans.
I am big on recycling and being energy efficient. I will admit, though, that I leave my laptop and cell phone charger plugged into my wall all day. But I make sure to turn off all my lights and recycle as much as I can. I print out as little paper as possible so that I am not wasting it. I even knit little animals from leftover scraps of wool.
I try to do my part to help make global warming less harmful.
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