Recycling

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les need to be laid. To many its just a simple lack of the right knowledge. Lets start out with plastics first. Everyone knows about the numbers on the bottoms of plastic containers. But one thing you may not know is that if those numbers are combined in a plastic melt it could ruin the whole product. A common mistake is trying to recycle a jug and its cap together. More often than not a jugs lid will be of a different number than its container. Next time you're putting ketchup on your French fries just check the numbers out. Glass is very much like plastic, but much harder to contaminate. The two main categories of glass are clear and colored; this of course doesn't include mirrors and light bulbs. Due to the heat required to melt glass, labels may be left on bottles though metal
necks may not. And last but not least perhaps the most abundant and easiest of these materials, paper. Most of the paper we throw away is recyclable. Office paper, junk mail (including staples and plastic windows), tissue boxes, newspaper and phone books are all recyclable. There are some exceptions to certain paper products. Greasy paper plates and bags, pizza boxes and any type of sanitary product must be disposed of in some other way. In 1993 approximately 41% garbage going to landfills was some form of paper. The simplest item to recycle and yet it still plagues us. Steps need to be taken to curb these figures, not only for paper, plastic and glass but for all our waste.

We realize that the world will not change overnight by us just sleeping on the problem. It will take much energy to confront the problem of recycling. What it mainly comes down to is what you as an individual will do. We also recognize that some people will never realize this fact a...