"We live in a disposable
society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a
name - we call it recycling". Neil LaBute
As I walk down a beautiful forest during September, I see these amazing trees
with all different colors. I stare at them wondering how lonely the forest would
look without them. Trees are important to the forest they give shelter to many
animals and make the forest look complete. But what are we doing to save these
trees? I think that recycling helps a lot doesn’t it? I think that recycling
should be mandatory because it helps minimize pollution, helps preserve our
natural resources, and recycling saves expenses and resources.
Recycling helps denigrate pollution. Go outside can you see the stars? If not
it’s because of pollution. Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide
every year according to World Health Organization. One way we can minimize
pollution is through recycling and reusing garbage and debris. When people burn
garbage, this can harm the ozone layer and produce harmful gases which can lead
to respiratory diseases like cough and asthma, among others. When garbage is
thrown in the ocean, it could kill and affect our marine resources and coral
reefs. That’s why every time we reduce waste, reuse, and recycle our garbage
from used plastic bottles, disposable cups and utensils, paper, and other
plastic products, we get to save the earth and even millions of lives from the
harmful effects of pollution. We all have to breathe, which makes pollution very
hard to avoid. So it’s important for us to recycle, but it’s our choice if we
want to help reduce pollution and be able to breathe clean air.
Recycling helps preserve our natural resource. When you think of a forest what
is the main thing that comes into your main? Trees right! Now imagine a forest
with no trees. It’s impossible, but can you imagine how many trees are cut down
each year to provide us with all our paper and wood? Well according to Ecology
Global Network nearly 4 billion trees worldwide are cut down each year for paper
products and wood. If we recycle paper products like newspapers and books, we
can save more trees on earth. As such, recycling products is extremely important
so that we can help preserve our natural resources- from trees to minerals to
marine resources. If we continue to waste our resources, the time might come
that they will all be used up and we will end up with nothing. Natural resources
are being depleted rapidly, particularly with the increasing use of disposable
products and packaging. Recycling helps save expenses and resources. Finally,
recycling can help save on our expenses and resources. It helps reduce the
amount of materials that are wasted or thrown in landfills such as paper,
plastic, glass, and aluminum. This also enables companies to rely less on raw
materials, which requires more energy for manufacturing a new product. While
landfill space may seem plentiful, how would you feel if a new landfill was
proposed for your community? You might answer, “Not in MY backyard!” Placing a
landfill is very difficult, especially in the southeastern states with heavy
population growth. Besides, does burying otherwise valuable resources and making
several hundred acres of landfill space unusable for future generations sound
like a best-case scenario? Some people think that by burying trash, it all just
decomposes into dirt. While some breakdown does occur, decomposition isn’t a
reality, because sanitary landfills are covered daily and sealed at the end of
their use; thus, they lack the air, water, and light needed for materials to
decompose. Highly combustible methane gas is also produced from the
decomposition of trash, especially yard waste. That gas has to be tapped and
burned off to prevent explosions but poses a larger problem too. Methane is a
greenhouse gas that remains in the atmosphere for approximately 9-15 years. In
fact, methane is more than 20 times more effective in trapping heat in the
atmosphere than carbon dioxide over a 100-year period.
We use brand new products every day, but what we do not realize is all we have
to do is put them in a pin and out them to our road. In doing this, we could
make many products be used again. This would save money and help our environment
out a bunch. Many people know how to recycle paper, plastic, and pretty much any
kind of recyclable material that people do not want to use any more. After
people are done with their materials they think it has no value to them. If
people would simply just throw their unused materials in a basket and put them
by the road it would make a difference to our world. If you do not recycle you
do not want to save energy or our world. We all need to recycle just to keep the
world round. The earth will; not be here for long if we do not keep it up. We
only have one world, once we lose it we cannot get it back. It supplies our
food, oxygen, and everything it takes to survive. I am thankful for God letting
us live on this beautiful world so should you be grateful too. He created this
beautiful world and we are destroying it little by little. We can make a change
by recycling. So why not recycle the next paper that you don’t want anymore. I
sure will! I think that recycling should be mandatory because it helps minimize
pollution, helps preserve our natural resources, and recycling saves expenses
and resources. It also makes our world a better and cleaner place.