The Three R’s There are many good reasons to reduce‚ reuse and recycle. Everything we use has to come from somewhere and must go somewhere once we’re finished with it. The environmental cost of an item isn’t just a reflection of what’s needed to make it. It also reflects the energy used in the item’s production and the impact it will have when we use it and throw it away. By making smart decisions about what we buy and how we get the most out of our purchases‚ we can work together to reduce
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renewable sources but that is not possible in today’s world. Then too I try to use alternative eco-friendly options. It doesn’t have to be Earth Day for me to think about how I can make an impact on our planet. I try my best to follow the 3 R’s – REUSE REDUCE RECYCLE. I try to conserve resources as far as possible. I turn off lights and electronics when I leave the room. Unplug my cell phone charger from the wall when I am not using it. I borrow books from the library instead of buying new ones
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chase the latest fashions. They will age the fastest.” (Eisenberg‚ February 2008). Therefore‚ to make use of “reduce” in your daily life‚ durability‚ usefulness and essentialness are the things to be considered while buying something. Furthermore‚ “reuse” is the concept and the action applied before one recycles or disposes thing. One should consider whether the thing is reusable before throwing it away. For example‚ a jam jar can be used to store leftovers‚ the food scraps can be used as fertilizer
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recycling and reusing is not going to matter‚ because we have polluted the Earth too much and we will not be able to reverse our effects. Pollution is a big problem for the world and some ways to reduce it would be to recycle our trash‚ reuse some of our stuff‚ and reduce the amount of stuff we throw away. Recycling trash is really important in reducing pollution because once our trash goes to a landfill it just sits there and polluts the air. Reusing some old stuff is important too and
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Summary The video starts by introducing the e-waste recycling company “E-Structors” and its CEO‚ Julie Keough. She then goes on to explain how the company deconstructs dysfunctional electronics and extracts the minerals (gold‚ silver‚ copper‚ and palladium) within. The narrator then tells the viewer that E-Structors has EPA certification‚ which means that they handle their materials with care. After that‚ Julie Keough tells the viewer about how sometimes an auditor will come to inspect their facility
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C. Architectural Reuse People are happiest in buildings where change occurs at every scale from weeks to centuries. Such buildings are fractals in time. —Stewart Brand Architectural reuse processes include adaptive reuse‚ conservative disassembly‚ and reusing salvaged materials. This definition is broad and inclusive permitting many different interpretations; however‚ the underlying objective is that architectural reuse be understood as an evolutionary process occurring over time. Figure 29:
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Growing up in this millennial generation has been different from the others. The economy that we live in today has different values than what our parents and grandparents have gone through. Our environment has become a world wide sensation and is a topic of discussion in almost every learning environment. In this day and age you could do so much to help the world‚ economy and your community. This short documentary discussed the environment and ways for us to not cause much stress on it. Each great
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Recycling “Weird” Glass Glass is used in pretty much every aspect of our life‚ for example car mirrors‚ cameras‚ phones‚ TV’s…etc. As proven by various sources glass is a vital material in a lot of the items we use today. Glass is used as well in bottles‚ and art‚ where in that case not only clear glass is used but is dyed in many colours. Since creation of this medieval product glass has supplied plethora of homes‚ and businesses with the comfort of sunlight‚ and being able to see through‚ without
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Gia Allen Ms. Tanner American Literature pt. 3 April 24‚ 2014 Why We Should Recycle Is it truly possible to save this planet by taking proper care of it? Sure it’s ideal‚ but there are many methods to solve this means. Such as partaking in recycling. Recycling defines the ongoing method of turning used materials‚ waste or products into reusable materials. These materials come in many shapes and forms. Example of these would be - papers‚ cans‚ computers pieces‚ car parts‚ plastic‚ and batteries
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These days cardboard is being used more and more for storing a wide variety of goods in‚ from being used to ship fresh produce such as fruit and vegetables in‚ through to long term storage of documents. Where as once only wooden crates were used to ship fruit in such as apples and bananas‚ a huge amount of fruit is now shipped in cardboard boxes. The reason for this is they are very easy to recycle as they can simply be folded flat when they have been used‚ where as older wooden fruit crates had
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