What could happen and what can we do about it?

It seems to be that all we ever talk about now a day is about pollution, global warming and recycling. Even though we can see it everywhere at all times, some people still do not get the message. Pollution is still going on and does not stop even though industries are told that they are contaminating our air and destroying our ozone layer, none of these can be restored and we are suffering the consequences of their ignorance. Because of the contaminants that pollution has a whole in the ozone is created and then this lets more sun radiation into the atmosphere of our planet causing global warming. This at the same time is causing the North and South Pole to melt which will slowly produce more water which will then affect the amount of land that will be remaining on earth. All this because people are not doing what they know they should be doing, using less electronics, saving energy and so on; not only is it the society that is not doing what they should, but also politicians who should be the first to put the example, that is why they have those ranks, to put the example among society and show them what is right.

Recycling is another factor involved, this is barley begging to be put in use, and maybe not even in the correct way. If we want to help the environment and at the same time help ourselves we must recycle and really put it into practice not just say that we will because will not benefit us at all. There are so many things we can recycle, like paper, plastic, glass ; reuse, paper, cardboard, glass, and so on. Lets be conscious of what were are doing and how it all will benefit us.

Importance of Recycling

The 3 R’s are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Recycling is the process in which we turn used material into new one. I think that recycling is a great idea because this way we can reduce waste, pollution and obtain new materials with good quality. There are many materials that can be recycled; like paper, plastics and glass.

Now days there are many institutions that are starting to recycle all these kinds of materials. I chose this topic because it is something that I really like and put in practice every time I get the chance. When I was in Jr. High School, I was in and ecology group were we would get together each Saturday at school and bring all the plastic bottles that we had accumulated during the week. We also had boxes in every classroom where we would put paper; there were also trash cans for organic and inorganic material.

All these activities are great ideas; I think they should be applied here in Tec and in other places. The trash cans that are in Tec are not really working because nobody cares were they put the trash and when the janitor throws the trash out it gets all mixed up, so it does not really matter where people throw the trash, which is a shame. Because of this a new group has been created, an ecology group, where we will be applying some of these ideas.