Nowadays all we hear about is how we should recycle everything to save our planet from danger. Do we really need to do this, what is the point of recycling?

Think about the fact that a single plastic shopping bag can take up to 1,000 years to totally decay. A thousand years is quite a long time for only one plastic bag. Estimate how many trash bags you use annually along with those plastic shopping bags. You’re talking about a good deal of plastic bags when you multiply that amount by the number of people living in our country. Rather than discarding it and waiting for it to decompose, we can recycle it so that it can be used again. Many other items are usually recycled, among them old tires being used in making playgrounds and plastic bags being used in clothing. Almost anything can be reused.

The town of Lemoore, California began a stringent recycling program 15 years ago. If Lemoore residents did not observe the recycling rules, they had to pay fines. Many of the people opted to comply and the town benefited immensely from recycling. They were able to construct a new playground as well as create a water park. They were able to fund other municipal requisites such as a police department and pre-school scholarships through their recycling. Thus, you can understand that recycling can produce money for other things as well as decrease the amount of trash going to the landfill.

Even though it may appear that the recycling efforts of one person can’t make a difference, multiply that small difference by everyone in the world and the results could be great. Land fill sites would be much smaller, meaning they are more low-cost to manage as well as not leaving a terrible scar on the surrounding area. Through recycling, we can take care of the earth and also help to make money for people in need. Everyone benefits.

Think about the quandary of animals even if you’re not genuinely into recycling. Issues in our environment including global warming are not merely destroying the environment but harming wildlife too. By simply spending a little time recycling, you’re saving the planet for the next generation to enjoy, just like you have.

Maybe you fail to see how long it actually takes every item you toss to decay As mentioned earlier, a plastic bag will take roughly 1,000 years to decompose. A glass jar may in reality take up to one million years to decompose and styrofoam may never decay at all while other things, such as disposable diapers and milk bottles, can take hundreds of years. Because all of these items are recyclable, why should we discard them?

Of course, currently we don’t have the technology to recycle several things but this could change soon. For now, there’s absolutely no reason we can’t recycle plastics, metals, and glass.  It’s not difficult and doesn’t cost you anything so why not help towards saving our planet? If we all helped, a ton of good would be done.

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