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Saving earth: recycling is a great start


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Author: Nathalie Fiset | Total views: 59 | Word Count: 457 | Category: Environment | Date: Apr 11th 2007

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Saving earth is now everyones responsibility. Most governments have now understood the damages imposed on earths resources and are taking significant actions to slow down and eventually stop wasting our natural resources.

Such clear actions to reduce pollution by manufacturers are rising in the form of laws designed to control the emissions of toxic gas. Many countries have now put in place serious programs to encourage individuals and major corporations to recycle as much as possible.

Recycling is now available in many North American cities and city laws are implemented daily to encourage citizens to make recycling a part of their daily lives.

The younger generations are now taught in school about recycling. Often, as a mother, when I am uncertain if an item can be recycled, I can ask my children and they know the answer.

There are two majors forms of recycling major cities offer their citizens: The first category is paper and related products. The second category includes plastic, glass and metal.

Paper products that can be recycled are: paper bags, cereal boxes( you have to remove the inside plastic bag first),shoe boxes, tissue boxes, magazines, books, telephone books, cardboard, egg cartons, sheets of paper, envelopes, etc

Since recycling does come with a price, considering other earth saving options are also mandatory. For example, many of the paper products can be re-used by our children to create crafts. Unsubscribing from magazines you are receiving and not reading can prove to be a time consuming process but will greatly reduce the volume of paper recycled every week. Another simple example is to write on both side of paper cuts in half the amount of paper a person uses and the amount of trash paper a person produces.

On the long run, these simple steps can add-up greatly and reduce the deforestation process that has been going on. The simple step of recycling and intelligently using paper will lower the amount of trees cut in a year worldwide. As a rebound effect, if forests are preserved worldwide, the animals will have a saver and healthier life and humans will greatly benefit from this greener turn.

Such organisms as Greenpeace have long understood the challenges and long-needed changes humans need to take right now in order to stop deforestation and preserve earths natural resources.


Everyone should be concerned by the environmental damages we are imposing on earths natural resources and take part in the joint effort to make this a better and greener world. Participating in discussion forums involved in finding solutions to earth destruction is everyones responsibility. Furthermore, by making sure that environment and earths protection is on every governments agenda is our common responsibility.

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