Download Reducing Plastic Pollution: Ocean Cleanup and Recycling Solutions and more Study notes Earth Sciences in PDF only on Docsity! Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle: By Colin Cho Earth Day 2021- Senator Gianaris 2021/3/25 Ways to clean our earth from plastic 2021/3/25 - earth day project We need to clean our planet from plastic. Did you know that there are 5.25 trillion plastic pieces in the ocean? The first way to clean our planet is “We need to clean our ocean” The second way to clean our planet is “Think before you buy it” The most important way to clean our planet is “REALLY recycle” As you will see we need to clean our planet EARTH. Page -6- the inventor of the earth day Motion by Colin cho Cleaning our ocean People made a boat that cleans the water but I think this will help now but, will this help our future? If people keep throwing away plastics then someday we might not have a chance to recover the ocean. Keeping the earth clean is our responsibility and our duty. Think before you buy it Plastic is much more difficult to recycle than materials like glass, aluminum or paper. Most plastic soon ends up in a landfill or incinerator. ... While increased plastic recycling is one way to alleviate this problem, it has only limited potential to reduce the glut of plastic waste. Glass presents some tough recycling problems—including lack of end markets, contamination, and transportation costs—partly because it weighs about 10 times as much as a similar volume of plastic or aluminum. It busts up easily, which makes it hard on equipment and increases maintenance costs. Lithium-ion batteries are recyclable, but the process is not easy. This is why not all recycling centers have processes for handling this type of electronic waste. Also, you can't deal with it in the same way as you would deal with other electronic waste. Infinitely recyclable and highly durable, nearly 75 percent of all aluminum ever produced is still in use today. Aluminum is 100 percent recyclable and retains its properties indefinitely. Aluminum is one of the only materials in the consumer disposal stream that more than pays for the cost of its own collection.
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Conclusion The first way to clean our planet is “We need to clean our ocean” The second way to clean our planet is “Think before you buy it” The most important way to clean our planet is “REALLY recycle” As you CAN see we need to clean our planet EARTH. Pictures and graphs from: https://archive.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/web/html/ https://blueocean.net/great-pacific-garbage-patch-taking-trash/ https://www.google.com/search?q=how+much+does+the+boat+clean+the+plastic+on+water&oq=how+mu ch+does+the+boat+clean+the+plastic+on+water&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i22i29i30l2.24143j0j7&sourceid=c hrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.alexandriava.gov/uploadedFiles/tes/solidwaste/info/RecyclingPlasticComplications.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OasbYWF4_S8&t=21s https://www.google.com/search?q=who+made+earth+day%3F&oq=who+made+earth+day%3F&aqs=chro me..69i57j0i22i30l2j0i390.6788j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
