Thursday, April 16, 2009

1) Q:What, specifically about your project are you going to research?

A:I am going to research what objects can be recycled and the statistics of recycling and trash in America.

2) Q: What conclusions did you come to? What do you recommend average citizens do to make a difference? Be specific.

A: Almost anything can be recycled in some way, yet, what specifically can be sent to plants and be restored and reused includes paper, aluminum, other scrap metal, plastic, glass, plastic and rubber. Recycling these products and more can help reduce the amount of trash that goes into landfills and dumps, for every American adult disposes nearly 600 times his/her weight in trash every year. If citizens were to begin recycling just some of their trash, the amount of trash that goes into landfills and the amount of raw resources used to produce recyclable products would be reduced immensely.Each human uses approximately one one hundred foot tall douglas fir tree worth of paper and wood products each year. If more people were to recycle these paper products, we would not cut down as many trees to produce them.
People can easily recycle products by collecting them and bringing them in to a local collector(sometimes stores)of recyclable products.

3) Q:What would happen if, worst-case scenario, nobody listened to your recommendations?

A: If nobody listened to my recommendations, than the amount of trash that goes into dumps would increase rather than decrease. The amount of trees used would increase and the amount of trees cut down each year would also increase. The world could eventually turn into a huge dump and we could run out of particular raw resources.

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