Reasons to recycle

Reusing things does not , and cannot , completely make waste disappear . Neither can recycling , but it can prevent things that we no longer need from ending up in a landfill .Recycling is actually cheaper than dumping trash in landfills , rivers or oceans , and there are four good reasons to recycle .

Saves energy

Energy is used to make new items . When products are recycled , energy is saved .It takes 95 % less energy to recycle aluminium cans than it does to make new ones .One recycled tin can saves enough energy to run a television for three hours .One recycled glass bottle saves energy sufficient to run a computer for twenty - five minutes .

Saves natural resources

Natural resources such as water , trees , metals ,and fossil fuels come from the earth .Paper is made from trees , plastic is made from oil , can are made from metal .Each time people throw away paper and cans they also waste the planet 's natural resources .

Saves landfill space

Landfills take up space on land that could otherwise be turned into forests , homes or between twenty and forty kilo grams of plastic each year which can , otherwise ,be recycled . Plastic can take up to five hundred years to decompose or break down . When items get recycled they do not go to landfills .This saves landfill space and reduces the need for them .

Saves air and water from pollution

When clothes shoes , computers , furniture , and other products are made , the factories where they are manufactured emit greenhouse gases .Waste from factories is also dumped into rivers and oceans . This pollutes both air and water and is one of the known causes of global warming .Air is also polluted when garbage is burned .
  However , factories that makes recycled aluminium product cause 95 % less air and water pollution compared to factories that use fresh natural resources to manufacture them .Paper mills that recycle paper cause less water pollution than factories that make paper from scratch .
If you must throw out something recycle it !

Can you repeat that ?????

When milk is delivered at doorsteps bottles and the bottles are washed and returned to the milk man to be reused , the act keeps glass away from the recycling centre . When a rubber band is saved from a newspaper roll each morning to be reused later , it keeps it away from the landfill . Finding repeated use for things helps reduce waste.

Reuse before recycling 

Recycling involves collecting , sorting , and processing things into new products . This process needs money and uses transport , which adds to pollution . On the other hand , using an old teapot as a flower vase is "reusing " just as much as saving wrapping paper from a gift to pack a present later .This type of reuse saves money and natural resources because the item does not need to be recycled .

Again and a 'gain'

Products can be reused for the same purpose . Plastic bags can be saved to be used later . in countries such as India and Pakistan , soft drink bottles are collected after use and refilled to reduce costs of production . Sometimes , when furniture , toys , shoes and gadgets are damaged , they can be reused after repair . This too helps save energy . Fix it , so you can use it !

Disuse to reuse

One person's disuse can well become another ones reuse . Hangers from dry - cleaners can be returned to them . Selling or donating books , appliances , clothes and sports equipment earns money for people who give and saves money for those who takes . Exchanging items with neighbours and friends also helps people who could use things that other do not need . Yet , it is best to reduce first and reuse as a second option . 

Same but new 

Old tyres can be turned into boat fenders , steel drums can be used as feeding troughs for livestock , and torn clothes can be made into cleaning rags . ' Kabadiwallas ' , or scrap collectors , in India buy paper that is used for repackaging or recycling .  Countries like Jordan and Kuwait , which have a shortage of fresh water , treat and reuse waste water in fields parks , fountains , car washes and factories .

Less is more

When people buy products , they also take home its packaging , which eventually becomes waste . A bottle of shampoo goes to the trash can after the shampoo is used up . Choosing items with the least amount of packaging or packaging that can be reused or recycled , is a smart way of reducing waste .

Prevent it !

There are many ways to reduce waste . Precycling is one of them , and it involves preventing waste even before it happens . Everyone can precycle . It can be done at school , at home and at work . It simply requires people to think before they buy at store .
To become precyclers , people must buy long - lasting and reusable items in bulk , such as buying a large pack of butter or buying a set of soaps . Avoiding excess packaging means there is less of it to throw out .

Save it all !

Reducing waste also means saving natural resources .Using cold water for washing and bathing and  fixing leaky taps saves water . Turning off lights when not needed , running dishwashers and washing machines only when full , and using compact florescent lamps and solar panels help saving electricity .
Reducing waste also brings down pollution and greenhouse gases that are the major causes of global warming .

The less we use the more we save !

Chasing The Loop

The recycling logo is probably one of the most recognisable symbols around the world today . The Americans celebrated the first Earth Day in April 1970 . For the event , school and collage student were invited to design a logo paper recycling . Garry Anderson's design won him the contest . His recycling symbol represented a Mobius loop that was made up of three arrows in the shape of a triangle . Each arrow was drawn twisting and turning itself and chasing the other . 

Symbol of meaning 

The three arrows stand for the three steps that make up the recycling process . The first step is the collection of recyclable material - either from a person's doorstep or from a nearby collection centre . The collected materials is then sorted and cleaned and sold to centres that make new product out of them . This is the second step. Finally , the new products are sold to people . When we buy recycled products , we close the loop .This is  the third step .


Learning the loop

The original Mobius meant that the product had been recycled and had been made from 100% waste material . Today , there are many colours , numbers , and codes that have been added to the loop  Sometimes the three arrows are printed on a green , black , blue background or on no background at all . They can also appear with or without a circle . The arrows are also shown anti - clockwise or reversed - out . The symbol often appears with a percentage number .  

The three - point mantra

With more people living on the planet today , there is more waste  than there ever was . And , with is about 75% of the planet 's garbage ending up in landfills , the piles of rubbish are never really far from us . However ,there are three smart ways to get rid of garbage and to protect the environment at the same time - reduce , reuse and recycle .   

Reduce

When we use less , we reduce our waste . By reducing the amount of plastic bags , packaged food , and aluminium cans we use, we have less to throw or recycle . If people around the world were to buy fewer products than they normally do , it would have a huge effect on everything - from reducing pollution of the air , waste , and land to saving money . The easiest way to reduce is to buy less and to use less .

Reuse

Reusing things means that they do not need to be thrown out or recycled . The simple question people can ask themselves is : Can it be used again ??? It is not necessary that people must reuse all those things that they do not want anymore . They can think about donating , swapping or selling items such as clothes , furniture or toys . The  easiest way to reuse is to buy less and to use more.

Recycling

Recycling involves reprocessing of materials into new ones , milk carton glass bottles , aluminium cans and newspapers are some of the materials that can and should be recycled . There are generally three levels of recycling . the first level of recycles the product into a new one using the same material , for  example , glass products like bottles into new glass products like containers .At the second level , old products such as cardboard boxes are turned into a different yet similar product like cereal  boxes . The third level of recycling turns the discarded product into an unexpectedly new one , for example ,burning old car rubber tyres to produce electricity.

All that rubbish !

Weather you can call it trash , rubbish , garbage or junk , any item that people have no use for and they throw out ,is generally known as "waste" . Waste is made up of different things . Rubbish , or trash , is the mixed waste that comes from people 's homes . It is made up of food , paper , and packaging materials . scrap and junk are metal waste .Fallen and trimmed leaves and branches from trees make up garden waste .

 Where did that come from ???

Waste is created by individuals , families , schools, offices , towns , cities , and countries . The amount and kind of waste that is generated by people depend on the part of the world they live in , what they buy and use , and the work they do . on an average , around the world , each person makes about two kilo grams of waste per day .


Solid waste 

Waste from homes , businesses , and schools is called municipal solid waste (MSW) . It could  be a plastic toy , a metal knife or a newspaper . It could also be a worn- out - belt , a juice carton , a chocolate wrapper or an old T - shirt. In countries such as USA and Australia each person creates about seven hundred kilo grams of waste every year . In India , one person in a large town creates about 180 kilo grams of waste every year , while in a small town , a person adds about thirty - six kilo grams each year .

Where does it go ????

Have you ever wondered where your garbage goes ??? Most people only want that the stinking trash leave their homes and is out of their sight . However , now it has become important for everyone who  makes trash to know how their rubbish is damaging planet Earth .

In most countries , trash is either burned in an incinerator or buried in a landfill . Microbes , or bacteria, in the soil eat away the garbage and help break it down slowly over many many years.

Waste not, want not -Part-II

Recycling , an old art ! 

When humans moved from hunting and gathering in the early days, of their existence of farming , they took care of their trash intelligently . Ash from fires , wood , bones , bodies and vegetable waste were all buried in the ground as they helped improve the soil .
Way back in 2000 BC , people in China were practising this as a method of disposing of waste . In fact , the first garbage dump was set up in Athens in 400 BC . in AD 1031 ,the Japanese used waste paper and re-pulped it to make new paper . in 1690n , people in America were turning cotton rags into paper , and in 1776 , they melted down a statue to make bullets !

Happy B' earth ' day!



It was during the two world wars that the shortage of food , clothing , household items, and other essential items pushed people to choose , use , and throw things wisely. The modern recycling movement took off in 1970 . The United Nation declared March 21 , the first day of spring , as the first Earth Day . John McConnell was the man who thought of a worldwide celebration for our planet , when people around the globe would come together and promise to take care of the planet.

Waste not , want not

If you think we were the first ones to come up with keep - it - clean campaigns and recycling , think again! We are certainly not the first ones to fuss about cleanliness nor the only ones to recycle waste. Early humans used things found in the environment , and after they were done using or consuming them , they made new things out of them . Man ate the meat of animals and shaped the leftover bones into tools and weapons and thus humans began "recycling" or using trash and waste to make new materials from old ones.

ANIMAL FACTS YOU WON'T BELIEVE - IV

An elephant can smell water up to 3 miles away . The only  animal which has four knees is the "Elephant " . Elephants closest living relative are manatees . Other close relatives to elephants include hydraxes and rhinoceroses .