Recycling Awareness

We did this project in about two weeks time and I can say that I learned a lot from it. I didn't much care about the environment like many teens I know. I learned that if we recycled then the world would be a much cleaner place. I also learned that the items that I throw away could also be recycled. I also saw the extent of littering that we have seen at school and I feel that the school wouldn't look half bad as long as we don't litter. I didn't even know what compost was before we started and now I know that is an organic substitute for fertilizer and that it has no pesticides.
I didn't care about recycling and thought only to sell bottles for money like my family does sometimes. I now recycle whenever I can and it has changed my perspective of how I see the world . I could recycle boxes instead of throwing it away and I can also recycle the food scraps so that it can be made into compost. Around my house my parent always recycled and we didn't notice it because we did small things like by from thrift stores and sell bottles. This project really helped me get into recycling and through public awareness I believe that the public can get into the recycling habit too.
We at T-high have gotten together with our Leadership class and are going to get recycling bins for all our classrooms. The main thing that we are seeking top do is get our students aware of the problems with not recycling. The students are in a way responsible for the trash and we are trying to tell them to be cleaner. The program we are going to set up will make this school much cleaner and help the world.


For more information on the ways you can help contact them at:

The Davis Street Transfer Center is a waste treatment facility that serves 20 Bay Area cities. The facilities goal is to divert 75% of municipal trash away from landfills and into recyclable materials.

Davis Street Transfer Center

Recycle plastics and bottles
Recycle wood into garden mulch which fertilizes the ground
Process yard trimmings for compost
Recycle e-waste: old computers, electronic equipment and cell phones

http://www.dsgardencenter.com/index.asp


Information about landfills

http://science.howstuffworks.com/landfill.htm