I simply challenged my entire dorm to recycle not only their aluminum cans but also their paper and plastic. Mr. Andy Anderson was generous enough to provide the recycling bins for this project. The bins were located on the second floor and available for everyone in the dorm to use. Also, signs were placed throughout the dorm to promote recycling. I estimate that my dorm recycled about one large recycling bin full of materials a week.
Recycling has so many advantages that help people live a much more comfortable and safe life.
Recycling saves energy, conserves valuable resources, and decreases the amount of garbage being sent to the landfill. Also, making products from recycled materials creates less air and water pollution than making products from virgin materials. According to the Residential Recycling Factoids website, the recycling process helps people in society in such a way that it creates far more jobs than landfills or incinerator centers, and recycling is most often the least expensive waste management treatment method for cities and towns. This fact represents how both individual people and a city benefit not only by protecting the environment, but also by saving money. Save 21.93 thirty foot trees, saves 8,389 kilowatts of electricity, saves 26.86 cubic yards of landfill space, and reduce 77.4 pounds of air pollution.