Trash Talk
Courtesy of: A Recycling Revolution
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November 15, 2005 Volume 1, Number 2
In This Issue
America Recycles Day
Thanksgiving Reflections
Recycling Information
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America Recycles Day
Happy America Recycles Day!
For the eighth year, America Recycles Day celebrations are being held to remind our communities of the importance of recycling and demonstrate the progress that we continue to make in recycling involvement and participation. This year's theme, "It All Comes Back to You" encourages people to recycle and purchase products made from recycled materials.
In 2003, President George W. Bush officially proclaimed November 15 as America Recycles Day. President Bush recognized recycling as one of the most important and successful environmental initiatives in our nation's history. The progress we have made in the last 15 years now diverts 30% of our garbage away from landfills and instead made into new products. This is almost double the amount recycled in 1990. This statistic and more like this estimated by the EPA show a growing interest in doing our part to protect the planet.
So what can we do to to ensure that the interest in recycling continues to grow?
- Lead by example. While
it may certainly be easier to leave trash by the curb, make the extra
effort to research recycling opportunities. More items can be recycled
than you might realize.
- When raking your falling
leaves this autumn, use them as material for a compost pile. Or, take them
to your local municipal recycling center. Many centers will accept your
brush and vegetation and create it into a rich mulch. Often, they will let
you take whatever mulch you need for your garden as well.
- Be conscious of the
products you buy. Choose products made from or packaged in recycled
materials. Also, select products packaged in containers that can be
recycled when empty.
- Buy products in bulk.
This reduces waste since less packaging is used and it almost always saves
you money.
- This Thanksgiving, start
conversations with family members and explain the importance and relative
ease of recycling. Each person that begins recycling reduces the 4 pounds
of trash that they create each and every day.
Don't forget to check in regularly at A Recycling Revolution for more ideas on reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Thanksgiving Reflections
As I write this newsletter, I am getting more and more excited about the upcoming holidays. Thanksgiving to me is not necessarily the big meal, or getting together with family, it is remembering all of the incredible things I have to be thankful for.
As a kid, I never really understood what it meant to be thankful, but as I've grown older, I recognize just how fragile our lives can be. Storms take away our homes in an instant, job losses create financial hardships, soldiers and innocent citizens are tragically killed, illnesses and disease rob us of our health. It reminds me to live each moment to the fullest, to make sure the people I care about know how much I love them, and to never take the incredible blessings in my life for granted, because they can be gone in a flash.
I hope that the Thanksgiving holidays bring you a sense of peace and allow you to reflect on the wonders of your life, and the fragile world we have been given.
Please feel free to pass this newsletter onto a friend. See you next time!
Dawn
http://www.recycling-revolution.com
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