Sun Langauge School

Recycling campaign

Why do we need to recycle? Recycling is a way of extending the usefulness of something that has already fulfilled its initial purpose. A new product can be made out of it, and it will be useful again! Every time we recycle, we save our environment a little more. We cut fewer trees, use less water and energy. All products require natural resources to produce and our growing population is straining our planet with our need for more raw materials. Let’s keep our trash away from the landfills and recycle what we can. Your effort can go a long way in saving our environment. We all know about recycling, but knowing about it and living it is not the same thing. What we need to do is make it a part of our lives. Where do you start? The recycling process starts when you separate the materials can be recycled from your other trash. The materials that are segregated are then collected by the recycling company or a collection program in your community. Some places have buy-back centers where they buy your recyclables for a price or drop off centers where you can deposit your recyclable trash. 21.5 million tons of food is wasted each year. If we practiced composting that amount of food, it would have the same effect to our environment as removing 2 million cars off the highway. Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to light a 100 watt light bulb for 20 hours and a TV for 2 hours. That’s just from 1 can.