Why Should Tommy Recycle:
Tommy, you should recycle because the resources on this planet are finite. We cannot create plastic or paper or glass or aluminum. We must mine and harvest materials from the earth and then use them to create those products. Eventually, (maybe not in your lifetime but perhaps your children or grandchildren's) we will run out of those resources and no longer have the means to make the materials we need. Or, those resources will be so scarce it will not be financially feasible to still collect those resources. Or, we would have to put our money into other country's economies in order to harvest their resources. IF we had just recycled this whole time, and used the materials we have already used to make new products here in our own country employing our own people rather than harvesting new resources, then we would not have the problem of vanishing resources and pouring money out of our economy. Even if you're not an environmentalist, recycling makes fiscal sense.
Teresa, San Diego
well I've heard it's to save the trees and keep the air clean for our kids. I think it's the only thing that makes sense. You can't just keep burning stuff forever - you can just about "re-use" anything these days.
Eenah, Kennesaw
Tommy, habits are hard to change, I understand! Start small, baby steps... One little change every month. First one should be the easiest for YOU, maybe eliminating those water bottles? Or recycling your newspaper? Find something. But do it, stick with it, make an effort. Pretty soon, it will be natural, and you will think green! Good luck!
Go Green!, Columbus, GA