Brian Freedland: Germany and Sweden I am told have no trash pick up, everything is recycled, they seem to be way ahead of us, what about recycling the wrappings for food that comes in the plastic type containers from the Deli or fruit and veggies ready to serve, and the Plastic carrying bags fro the Supper Markets. There is such an abundance of these items. .
Mel Crapo: It's easy. Recycle what you can, consume less disposable items, don't run electricity more than you need, i.e...switching off lights..things like that. If we all do our part, we will be a lot better off
Kip Ockenfels: Try to buy recycled stuff too. If you don't buy recycled, then technically you are not recycling!
Hwa Waterford: Replace polythine bags with paper bags.Polythin never degradesdecompose, if you can just find some alternative thing which can be degradeddecomposed in the environment then that is great.
Adam Momaya: My grandaughter is 2 and is already been taught how to ! recycle. I felt if she was learning everything else she may as well learn that too. The earlier humans are taught these things maybe it will make a difference later. She knows exactly which containers to put things and then helps me remove them from the house to outside when we need too.
Rena Pepe: Well, I live in a city that doesn't have curbside recycling, and there's a guy who runs a business picking up people's recyclables and making sure they get recycled. People pay him to take their recyclables because they care about the environment. Then there are alternative energy businesses, like ones that come and install solar panels on your house. Also, some of my favourite stores specialize in environmentally friendly products. They go out and find them, order them in bulk, and make them convenient for people to buy....Show more
Sherri Drakos: How about stop recycling everything except metal and aluminum cans?I have heard that it takes more energy to recycle p! aper and plastics than it does to manufacture products with th! e natural resources normally used, instead of the recycled material. I also heard that, contrary to popular opinion, there is no shortage of landfill space in the U.S. Just a shortage of places where people are willing to accept a landfill. My understanding is that aluminum cans are the only thing that is always cost effective and energy efficient to recycle. Other metals can be both cost effective and energy efficient to recycle, depending on the market. I also believe that there is no threat to the resources we claim to use less of by recycling. Trees are a renewable resource. We have more than enough land to be utilized by the timber industry. So this has never been a real issue, only a perceived one. We recycle a lot of glass too. But I am presently unaware of any sand shortages.So if there is not a real need to reduce the amount of landfill space we require and no need to conserve the resources in question, then why recycle these products? Our efforts to reduce landfil! l material are only combating our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and use less foreign energy. Plus the recycling effort needlessly costs individuals and communities more to disgard their refuse than it should.I think it could be proven that ending the recycling of a majority of things we currently try to recycle would have a net result of reducing the energy we consume. Therfore reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Also capped landfills produce methane gas that is easily used to generate electricity. So there is the potential that landfills could actually be a benefit as a source of energy....Show more
Cornelius Thornborrow: Use anything reuseable and nothing or next to nothing that is disposable. For example if you have a child in diapers, use cloth diapers and wipes, not disposable diapers and wipes. Use cloth napkins instead of paper napkins. Use a cloth washcloth instead of disposable face cleansing cloths. Use cloth grocery bags instead of paper or plas! tic. Use cloth menstrual pads instead of disposable maxi pads. When you! have to purchase those over-packaged products like kids toys at a store, make sure you recycle all the packaging. When you buy new stuff, but your old stuff isn't broke, like silverware or clothes or curling iron, etc., donate your old stuff to Goodwill or St. Vincent De Paul. When you get rid of old batteries or cell phones or pretty much any elctronics or appliances that don't work anymore, take them to a recycling center that specializes in disposal of these items. Often times old electronics and appliances have metal and other substances that can be recycled and some materials like mercury that need to be handled in a certain manner as not to get into the ground and water. Buy a high efficiancy washer and dryer, dishwasher, toilets and faucets, refrigerator, etc. Not only do you use less water and electricity with a HE wash/dry, but you also use WAY less detergent and fabric softener if you use it. Buy fabric softeners and detergents that are safe for the environment, ! my local Wal-Mart sells these right in the laundry aisle. If yours doesn't yet, ask them to start. Use compact florescent light bulbs in every lamp/light fixture in your home. Now GE makes three way compact flourescents bulbs for your three way lamps, too. Move closer to your job so you drive less, or get a job closer to home. My husband and I and our two (soon to be three) children practice all of these habits, and I feel that our planet is a little less impacted by our good habits. Hope you find them as useful as we do....Show more
Maritza Ebanks: Use those plastic Shopping bags as bin liners for your rubbish bin - that recycles a throw-away, and saves you money buying bin liner bags from the supermarket.
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