Benefits of Recycling
By Conner Packebush
Recycling, What Happened?
Everyone remembers when recycling was a big thing, but over the years it has faded to the background. Other new, more "in your face" problems have appeared to take it's place. Just because this happened doesn't mean that recycling is any less of an issue, in fact, it makes it more of one. The problem is that without recycling our earth is just getting worse. All our landfills are almost all, well, "Filled", and burning trash destroys the air. All this makes it seem like we are in dire straits, but you can help.
A Landfill
Environmentalists everywhere agree that landfills are negative affects on our environment and are hurting the earth as a whole. The runoff into the groundwater and pollution from plastics destroys our air and water quality.
Seagulls at a Landfill
Lots of wildlife flock around landfills, especially seagulls. These animals come looking for food but find only trash. An estimated million birds die each year from eating garbage originating in landfills.
A Dead Seagull
This bird died from ingesting plastics found in landfills. With your help we can stop things like this from happening by simply recycling more.
What You Can Do To Help
In Your Area
There are things you can do to help the environment. Recycling will help keep trash out of landfills and help the environment. You can also help by picking up litter to keep it out of the animals food system. Cleaning up the ocean or sending money to organizations will help exponentially. These are all just small things you can do to help the environment, so start recycling today.