This presentation is on Recycling

1. RECYCLING 4 THE WORLD! By Zaynab Ivey Frank Madison & Tyra Letcher

2. Recycling is the action of giving materials back to companies to break it down and remake it into something else. Recycling is when you reuse a product or a material that has already been used. What is recycling?

3. What Is the problem? The main problem is that people are ignorant to the fact that recycling helps our environment greatly. Study shows that 90% of the population would recycle if it was easier. There aren’t a lot of recycling programs around.

4. Did you know? Did you know if you dispose of one plastic bottle in a regular trash can that, that plastic bottle will sit in a landfill for between one hundred and one thousand years? Rather than you recycling it and producing many more bottles within that time. Every one ton of plastic that get recycles saves the energy usage of 2 people for one year.

5. What can be recycled aluminum plastic paper glass These are the most popular materials that gets recycled at recycling centers. You can also recycle clothing, jewlry, furniture, and electronics.

6. WHAT gets recycled Glass 6,700 3% Paper 55,393 24% Comingled 44,000 19% CB from Football 26,620 11% Plastic 32,447 14% Aluminum 17,834 8% Cardboard 48,671 21% http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Recycling/images/pieChart.png

7. Who Is this affecting! It’s affecting the human race Waste from non-recycled materials produces toxic fumes Cutting down plants and trees reduces our oxygen, making it hard to breath and rises the amount of people with asthma If we don’t recycle, we have to live in a dirty, polluted environment It’s cheaper to recycle than to buy new, unused materials Animals are dying and losing their homes. Recycling will prevent us from having to destroy animal habitats for human consumption. Waste infringes on animal habitats Non-recyclable materials require destruction of our environment

8. Our job Us humans have a job to maintain the Earth, and keep it a healthy living environment. Establish recycling program at your school or in your neighborhood Check into curbside recycling in your community Reuse items in our household such as plastic bags, boxes, reusable dishes Donate clothing, shoes, games, toys, furniture to second-hand stores Properly dispose of electronics, batteries, and toner cartridges. Conserve energy Buy reusable products

9. Where is this happening http://vertvogue.blogspot.com/2009/02/introduction-united-states.html

10. How can we fix this? We can start to make houses out of recycled materials like Make It Right Homes in New Orleans has been doing since 2007. We can reach out to the people who’ve wanted to try it but don’t really have the money! We could give out or sale recycling bins to the public and use television time instead of crazy infomercials.

11. Sources Page L.E. (1998 September, 14). WebImages. Retrieved from Http.Google.com Retrieved from the Division of waste collection and disposal. (2010 September, 30) Phone# 664-3717 Recycling Office. By. Amanda Little (September 2010) The Green House Effect. Retrieved from The O Magazine. Students of UK, . "Big Blue Goes Green." UKY.edu. N.p., 18/9/2009. Web. 12 Oct 2010. <http://uknow.uky.edu>. "Recycling in the U.S. 2007." blogspot.com. BlogSpot, Monday February 23, 2009. Web. 15 Oct 2010. <http:vertvouge.blogspot.com>.