The process of changing the earth starts with changing you.
We get it -- recycling is hard work! For one thing, it's difficult to remember the basics of what goes where! It's also consuming to have to physically sort it all out . . . who wants to spend their Saturday morning sorting through their paper and plastics, and packaging them up?
It's all about personal change and motivation. To recycle, you need to me-cycle!
The thing is, one person, or one family, recycling, can have crazy benefits! Learn more about the benefits of recycling, how it alleviates the climate crisis, and how to do it!
Why does sorting your trash even help?
Great question. The reason recycling is so helpful to the earth, is that instead of winding up in a landfill, it actually gets "re-cycled." Meaning, the plastics used to create, say, a plastic bottle are completely recycled! Into clothing, furniture, dinnerware . . . anything you can think of made of plastic! Plastic can be found in nearly every manmade invention, and is essential to society. Unfortunately, when trashed into a landfill after one use, plastics can take this long to biodegrade! :
WWF -- Australia -- How Long Does It Take Different Plastics to Biodegrade?
Here are some videos and documentaries about plastic pollution!
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