EARTH DAY EVERY DAY!
Stephanie Baker
Issue date: 4/21/09 Section: Opinion
Recycling keeps non-biodegradable items out of landfills. It takes a very long time for many products to decompose. Some items have been estimated to take forever to decompose.
It can take an aluminum can 200 to 400 years to decompose. It takes paper two to four weeks to decompose.
Plastic is estimated to take 450 years to never to decompose, and glass bottles take forever to decompose as well, according to mothersfightingforothers.com. Mothers Fighting For Others specializes in helping children all over the world to have a loving and nurturing environment. It cited the EPA as its major source for the decomposition time for these items.
These items can all be recycled. They can be cleaned, reshaped and reused instead of sitting in a landfill taking forever to decompose.
It makes sense to recycle and reuse materials. It cost money to have a company come and pick up the recyclable materials, but isn't our environment and health worth it?
If anyone else feels for Mother Nature, then join the fun at South Campus's Earth Day Everyday celebration on April 22 in Student Activities Center above the cafeteria.
There will be locally grown food, and a film festival designed to educate and entertain.
It can take an aluminum can 200 to 400 years to decompose. It takes paper two to four weeks to decompose.
Plastic is estimated to take 450 years to never to decompose, and glass bottles take forever to decompose as well, according to mothersfightingforothers.com. Mothers Fighting For Others specializes in helping children all over the world to have a loving and nurturing environment. It cited the EPA as its major source for the decomposition time for these items.
These items can all be recycled. They can be cleaned, reshaped and reused instead of sitting in a landfill taking forever to decompose.
It makes sense to recycle and reuse materials. It cost money to have a company come and pick up the recyclable materials, but isn't our environment and health worth it?
If anyone else feels for Mother Nature, then join the fun at South Campus's Earth Day Everyday celebration on April 22 in Student Activities Center above the cafeteria.
There will be locally grown food, and a film festival designed to educate and entertain.