Recycle

Humans are incredibly wasteful creatures. Here are some humbling facts.

Americans throw away enough aluminum every month to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet

If only 100,000 people stopped their junk, mail, we could save up to 150,000 trees annually. If a million people did this, we could save up to a million and a half trees.

Recycling really does work. Here are some examples.

Recycled paper can also be made into paper towels, notebook paper, envelopes, copy paper and other paper products, as well as boxes, hydro-mulch, molded packaging, compost, and even kitty litter

Glass never wears out -- it can be recycled forever. We save over a ton of resources for every ton of glass recycled -- 1,330 pounds of sand, 433 pounds of soda ash, 433 pounds of limestone, and 151 pounds of feldspar

So, Why should you take two seconds out of your day and throw that soda can in the recycling bin instead of the trash can.

Artificial products can take hundreds of thousands of years to break down. Glass will never break down when buried. Many products begin to leak toxic chemicals into the ground as they degrade if not recycled properly. This means that we are filling our landfills with items that will take a very long time to break down and even when they do they could jeopardize our health.

So how can you get into recycling. Separate your paper, plastic bottles, glass bottles, aluminum cans, and cardboard out of your normal trash. Place them only in designated recycling bins on your curb or at the local recycling plant. Some recycling plants will even pay you for bring recyclables to the plant. Its that easy.