Author : Mike Selvon
There is no denying that you only have one true home It is not your house, apartment, condo or shack It is this Earth and it is more valuable to you than you will ever realize It provides you with food, air and shelter
Would you really not do your part to keep your home clean and free of litter? Recycling is the easiest step you can take towards preserving your home and ensuring it is there for your children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren
Global warming is a very real threat to the preservation of this planet You have probably seen television ads focusing on new hybrid vehicles that can help save the environment by producing less toxic byproducts from the burning of fossil fuels Does the burning of trash cross your mind as ways you can help save the environment
Our landfills are becoming overflowing with hazardous waste and other products that are not biodegradable Plastic water bottles, disposable diapers and styrofoam containers, to name a few, are all becoming huge problems in most areas of the world
Recycling is pretty easy once you get everything sorted Information on learning how to sort the materials is easily found on the internet and in pamphlets from the Environmental Protection Agency You will need to sort out the recyclables into the appropriate bins and from there the recyclable materials are sent on their way to becoming something else for use You can also utilize those food scraps and waste trimmings from the yard in a compost heap
If every person did their part to help combat overflowing landfills, then we could reduce our waste by fifty percent That is half the amount going into landfills today Perhaps there will come a time when we no longer have to continuously find new places to bury our waste
Plastics would be reused Organic materials would be turned back into the soil to enrich the ground for crops It is a lovely sentiment and thought but not enough people are doing their part to help make this a cleaner world
Recycling is a huge responsibility that each and every person should take upon themselves to help keep our landfills free of recyclables that could be better used elsewhere If you do not know how to recycle, then there are resources in many places to help you getting started Your local sanitation program can give you information on learning how to recycle and you can find a plethora of information on the internet
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Mike, I enjoyed your comments….we need to do more. Plastic in our landfills and oceans is a huge problem and the more people like you become involved the sooner it will be solved. PET plastic identified by the number 1, is the same type of plastic used for soft drinks, power drinks, teas, bottled water, etc., PET plastic is an extremely durable plastic that doesn’t leach harmful chemicals, has an excellent shelf life and other attributes that makes so attractive to beverage companies. The problem with PET is that it is so durable it doesn’t go away…..it languishes in our landfills for hundreds or thousands of years. We should all support recycling but here in the U.S. less than 30 percent of PET is recycled, the rest goes to the landfill (we used to call that the dump). We felt that since most PET was going to the “dump” something should be done to solve that problem. Our idea was to design a biodegradable PET plastic bottle that would biodegrade in the anaerobic environment of a landfill. When the ENSO biodegradable plastic bottle biodegrades it produces biogases known as landfill gases (LFG’s). Here in the U.S., the federal government has mandated that landfill operators capture LFG’s. Landfill operators have discovered that LFG’s are an excellent source for producing clean energy. What better use of our trash than to use it to produce clean energy?
Max
http://www.ensobottles.com