Recycling???

Question

I have a speech to do on recycling, and I am looking online but I just cant find any good websites with information on why we should recycle. Can anyone help me. also, if anyone has cool ideas that i could share with my class on how to recycle things such as water bottles, egg cartons, jars...thanks so much!!

Answer 1

I just spent 3 days an an E-WAST project at my work and its a big deal,,A lot of people are very concerned about it..Check these links out and get a idea how big this problem is...We filled 2 and 1/2 semi trailers that were full of Computers,Radios,Old test equipment,All kinds of TVs,And anything with Battery's or a plug on them..You could do a hole book on it..

Check it out,,It's not just bottles, cardboard and beer cans...

Hope ths helps you...

Answer 2

build and eath ship! www.earthship.net

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

I would first recomend getting can crushers and saving all the cans at school. Then, when you get a bunch bring them to your local scrap yard and they will but them from cash!

2nd, there is a new product being made by americans called papercrete.

http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/papercr...

you can make some at school and build stuff with it or build products and sell them back to the public. Papercrete is very interesting and it is all over the web. Do a search on youtube for it. It is very cool.

Plastic is very difficult to recycle and generate monies. In order to do so you will need a plastic bottle shredder. you can find them online but they only have big ones that are very expensive.

If your city doesn't recycle. Might I suggest tapping into the art program to make sculptures with waste:

http://www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/matchtmp...

As an environmental scientist and a sustainabilitist I always try to find direct sales or use. It is very important that we do so and treat recycling as a resource for the community.

I would also suggest you contact you city's department of public works for more info, but please try and find uses for the stuff on site and direct sales.

www.earthship.net

Answer 3

I love this new websight i found Trehugger.com.  check out this link on recycling.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/01/...

basically recycling is finding another use for anything you were going to throw away.

good luck & be mindful

Answer 4

dhec has all kinds of recycling info  try the greenwood office or the on closest to you

Answer 5

yeah sure nearly everything can be recycled and it also makes you feel good to recycle simple things like recycling things around the house....reusing jars, bottles, tins...... making your own produce is a form of recycling, keeping chcikens is a very good way to recycle scraps from the kitchen chickens will eat most of your food waste and provide you with fresh eggs, and planting your own veg.....

if your passionate about recycling i'm sure your speech will be great

Answer 6

It's a good thing to recycle anything and everything. You should check with the EPA, they should give you some good ideas and they have a website too.

Answer 7

stopwaste.org

Answer 8

recycling is one of the best things to do in the world so please recycle and have a good life.

Answer 9

This site has some information on recycling and becoming green in general.

squidoo . com / globalgreenflies

remove the spaces

Answer 10

hmm.. well i had to make a presentation about sumfing like that.. and i came up with the idea of having a bottle recycling thing in the mall next to the food court so people could get money from recycling .. and its convenient since its right there..

hope that helped

Answer 11

try www.howstuffworks.com or findarticles.com

search for environment related topics, u will get great info in these sites

Answer 12

Hello,

Egg cartons can be used in compost and to grow bean sprouts with cotton wool. When I was a kid we also used egg cartons as paint pots instead of buying plastic trays.  If you know anyone with a few chickens, they will also be gratefull for containers to put eggs in.  You might even get a few complimentary ones yourself.

Water bottles - use them again and again &again.  Scottish water is great.  Well it is in Perthshire anyway.  You can also use them cut in half as a funnel is they are plastic.  I had one in an unusual shape that was made of glass and I turned it into a vase for a single flower.  IT was very attractive.  She loved it.

Jars - I save them up for a friend who makes lots of jam.  They can also be used as paint pots and for growing seedlings in.

When I was a kid we used to use the left over toilet rolls and rolls that you keep cling film and foil on to make puppets.

What about saving water? In Australia, they save the bath or shower water and use it to water the garden or to wash the cars.  They wouldn't consider leaving a tap running.  Some people only flush the toilet when there is only solid waste.

We should recycle because it uses up less worldy resources and it puts less of a strain on our environment.  We are going to be running out of landfill in a few years time (sorry don't have statistics) - that's why people are starting to have to pay to dump their rubbish.  In an effort to get people recycling again.

Hope this gives you some ideas.

Answer 13

umm... if we dont start soon global warming well happen then after that there well be another ice age. also try to find a video online download it onto a cd and show it to the class. you could also brieng in trash and show them how to sort the recyclbels... hope this helps

Answer 14

I use the cardboard egg cartons (not styrofoam!) for seed plantings.  I put some potting soil in each little cup, add the seed, and water.  When the seedling is large enought to transplant into the garden I cut up the egg carton and plant each cup in the ground.  It biodegrades!

Answer 15

we are all going to die because of people like you...please start recycling...