How to Recycle Effectively

Video Transcript

"Well I'm going to talk about the fine art of recycling you see because recycling is a bit of an art. It is something you have to learn but first of all let me tell you why we need to recycle. Well whenever we recycle anything it lessens the need to harvest the same materials from the Earth. Everything we use when you really think about it comes from the Earth, paper comes from tree fibers so trees are harvested to make paper. Whenever you use aluminum that comes from a mine somewhere, it was mined out of the Earth, whenever you use a spoon, what it is it was mined from the Earth so if we use it one time and then we throw it in the trash and it goes into the landfill that is a terrible natural waste of our precious natural resources. The better way is to recycle as many materials as we can because what happens when we do that it also puts those materials back into the economy where it creates jobs and also it lessens the need to harvest natural resources so you see recycling is not only good for the environment it is also good for economy so if you want to help the Earth, if you want to help the economy recycle. Now I'm going to teach you how to recycle effectively. The first thing you need to understand is you need to take a little bit of time to learn what goes inside your recycling bin. Just go to whatever city or county you live in and go to their website and find out what goes in the recycling bin. One of the most common contaminants that we find in the recycling containers is styrofoam. I don't like styrofoam so if you have styrofoam throw it in the trash do not contaminate recycling bins with it and also find out the other contaminants. Also plastic bags are another common contaminant that ends up in the recycling bins but again the point is learn what goes in your recycling bins and then you can help the environment and the economy. If you have any more questions about what you can do to live a little more gently on the Earth and to recycle check out the website of the California Environmental Protection Agency. There is all kinds of great information that can help you to learn a little bit more about recycling effectively."