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Did you know that one of the first recycling organizations opened up in New York at the finish of the 19th century? Presently, in America there are over 8,000 curbside recycling programs. That is a dramatic increase, but we still only manage to reuse about a third of our filth!
 * Should Recycling be Mandatory?** By Griffen

In my opinion, I believe that recycling should be mandatory in the U.S. However, some people might say that recycling products takes too much time and that is a waste of power.

On the other hand, recycling saves disposal energy, landfill space, and is easier on the environment. On average, each human produces about 5 pounds of waste daily! Think about that, take five pounds of garbage and times it by how many people there are in the world. Wow! After a long period, of time that can really add up. If we just continue to throw away items like plastic bottles and bags, they will just get tossed into a smelly landfill. Thus, taking thousands of years to decompose. Recycling would allow more landfill space and would be environmentally friendly and forgiving.

As I mentioned earlier, waste is being generated and thrown away at alarming rates. The amount of garbage harvested daily by a human in 1970: about 3 pounds. Over about 40 years that numeral has increased by two whole pounds! Currently, each year America discharges 7 million cars, 100 million tires, 20 million tons of paper, and 48 BILLION cans! The sad part is we only manage to salvage about 33% of the junk.

Eventually, we will run out of landfill space in America and have no where to put all our rubbish. What will we do then? Annually, we are taking up more and more space for are garbage. For every ton of paper recovered by recycling, we can reserve over 3 cubic yards of landfill space. That's why you should recycle every chance you get. When you are cleaning out your office or binder and you have mounds of paper waste, be sure to recycle it. Once again reusing is the solution to this complication.

In conclusion, I believe that recycling is a remarkable idea to consider in communities. Just think 100 years from now our earth could be a huge garbage dump littered with plastic items. Now imagine this again, but visualize that we only recovered our waste by recycling. I picture a clean planet with blooming meadows and fields. If we don't start to put this plan to action now, it will be a critical difficulty in the future. Remember, every brief action can make a difference when it comes to recycling and reusing!

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