Imagine for a second the trash that you produce in one day. Now one week. One month. One year. Could you imagine carrying that trash around with you everywhere you went or having to keep it in your house? Not a very pretty picture. However, we have the luxury to put our trash on the curb and it is out of our life and is no longer a burden to us. This trash has to go somewhere though. And it does. It is going to landfills and various water ways. We think that we can't see the trash that it is no longer affecting us, but we couldn't be more wrong.
By trash going into waterways, it is polluting drinking water and seafood that we eat. Harmful chemicals and greenhouse gasses are released from landfills. By recycling, we not only cut down on this pollution but we also conserve resources, save energy, protect our environment, and reduce landfills.
It breaks my heart and I get extremely emotional when people tell me that they don't care about recycling and they think it is a waste of time. What about our future? What about our children? What about the other living beings that inhabit this planet? Are we that selfish of a species to not separate things into different bins? It honestly blows my mind.
So get out there and recycle. Let's take care of our planet and our selves.
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