Case Study: The Gatesburggogreen Initiative

Recycling and conservation are the solution to climate change and to saving energy. America sends a majority of its trash to landfills when it could be put to much better use by means of recycling or even by burning it to produce energy. Pollution is greatly reduced when recycling because the need to collect new raw materials goes down. Recycling is great because it can help people conserve this Earth for future generations who deserve to have a healthy Earth. Once the United Stated reaches recycling levels of 75%, it would be the equivalent of getting rid of fifty five million cars from the roads in the U.S. each year.

Recycling helps improve the enviorment we live in because, many times I see people liter and throw things that can be recycled on the ground.Such as water bottles, soda cans , paper, and plastic. As stated in the flyer "The new plan calls for every resident to have three trashcans: a green one for compost such as food waste, a blue one for recyclable paper and plastice, and a black one for landfill." This example shows if every resident had those three trashcans there should'nt be a reason

Many people say that recycling is a waste of time or that they just don't have the time.”Yes it’s popular in affluent neighborhoods like Park Slope in Brooklyn and in cities like San Francisco, but residents of Bryon and Houston don't have the same fervor for sorting garbage in their spare time’(“The Reign of Recycling”). The world needs more people to recycle no matter where they live. It seems that even if more people have started recycling things have not changed much.”While it’s true that the recycling message has reached more people than ever, when it come down to the bottom line,both economically and environmentally, not much has changed at all”(“The Reign of Recycling”). People need to work harder to make a change that will account to something. The goals are being set higher and higher but with little success. ”While politicians set higher and higher goals, the national rate of recycling has stagnated in recent years”(“The Reign of Recycling”). This rate has ceased to flow. If something changes how people feel about recycling then the nation may be able to meet its

Recycling is more than just a great idea, it is and must be a way of living. The way we take care of our environment is how our environment will treat us. If we do not take care of our environment, not only will our home look unfit to live in but it is unethical to leave the environment we live in unhealthy for our future. I do agree with the GatesburgGoGreen idea and reading through you will see my evidence as to why.

According to the first article, the writer states that the main goal is to reduce the country landfill over the next five years. The average American produces more than 4 pounds of trash each day, using specific trash cans will help organize the waste. The new plan is that each resident will have three trash cans: a green one for compost, a blue one for recyclable paper and plastic, and a black one for landfill. Not having to open a new landfill will save money and improve our enviroment at the same time.

The GatesburgGoGreen Initiative is a proposal to reduce the countries landfill amount by 90% over the next 5 years. An example of who uses this initiative are cities like San Francisco and Cleveland with much larger populations than Gatesburg. Some people believe this initiative is no more than an unnecessary and radical law. According to multiple sources, Americans already recycle at a high rate, which is about 95% of lead-acid batteries and 75% of steel cans and newspapers. In some people's opinions, this law only puts a burden on citizens who are already recycling at a normal rate by adding complicated rules such as different colored bins for certain items. If the law

The GatesburgGoGreen Initiative is an absolutely horrible idea in my opinion. The citizens of Gatesburg already recycle, why take things to the extreme? The thought of increased taxes, criminalization, fines, and utter invasion of privacy over trash is revolting.

There are though some problems that would come with this proposal. The GatesburgGoGreen Initiative would place strict laws on what residents can and can not put inside of each bin. The initiative proposes that fines will be placed on citizens who do not adhere strictly to the rules of what can go inside of each bin. Also, each bin is equipt with a radio-frequency identification computer chip, which will weigh each bin, and compare how much waste is placed in the recyling bins, versus the trash bins (waste that will go to the county landfll).

This is an ethical issue, because I feel that our planet deserves our ethical and moral concern and it is the right thing to do, and if we want to ensure the sustainability of our planet then recycling is a small first step to going greener, and caring for our environment and our community. So, my dilemma for this project was do I speak up and encourage them all to try to recycle or is it not my place to try and tell them what they should do?

I have had the opportunity to work for two companies that have specific programs for recycling. These two companies consist of Compass Airline and Wal-Mart stores. As a Flight Attendant at Compass Airline, I proudly practiced the recycling initiative on board aircrafts which was put in place by their parent company Delta Airline. More specifically, this initiative is called the In-Flight Recycling Program. While in-flight, I collected single stream materials such as plastic, aluminum, and paper and combined them into designated bags for their pickup by Cabin Service to be transported to designated site-specific recycling containers upon arrival. At my current employer, Wal-Mart stores, I have been fortunate to practice and educate associates

Many of animals in our environment are being harmed from our wastes, like turtles in the sea being trapped on beer can plastic rings. Recycling wastes should be a thing that everyone does to prevent many things like this from happening. There are people out there who recycle everything they can, and there are those who can’t even bother to look if they’re throwing their trash in the right bin. People all over the world constantly debate whether recycling is or is not beneficial to the environment. With the climate changing rapidly and natural disasters becoming worse, people should be more aware of the dangers that global warming can bring. Even a little help can do good for the environment; we should help by recycling more. Those who recycle help reduce pollution caused by waste, save energy and create jobs for those in need.

On the proposal to go green. The gatesburg Go Green: Invites all citizens to partisipate on recycling, and to add more landfill by almost 90% for over the years to come.The citizens should have three trashcans,and althoulgh Purchasing bins and hiring staff will cost money and can be chalenging. It will be for a good cause. The goal is to have less trash and more land for the next generation and to reduce trash.

People Need to Recycle In the United Sates, where the population is inflated every year. The amount of space for landfills decreases every day. The need for recycling should not be asked, it should just be done out of habit. Everyone in America needs to recycle, to help the lamdfill problem, help the environment, and help produce new products from recycled goods. In America there is about two-hundred and eight tons of residential and commercial trash generated a year, 4.3 pounds per person a day (Prichard 1A). This is an overwhelming amount of trashed produced yearly. When people recycle this number can be drastically cut. But many people do not practice and use

We should all be living in a clean world and that is why a large part of the society recycles.

My main concern about waste disposal is toward poverty. In every society, for it to work effectively the waste disposal has to be handled properly. The lack of proper waste disposal can contribute for the underdevelopment of the community. For instance, in poorer community that does not have resources to dispose of the trash properly create a series of problems. For example, when there are a lot of trashes in a community, it will prevent investors to invest in a community, the housing market, schools and stores will decline, in consequence the houses will loose its value. This will create a ripple effect because people will start immigrating toward a better place where it is much cleaner. Families will try to move to a better place where their kids can have a better future. I ask myself who wants to live in a dirty environment? I hope nobody. That’s why I believe that the government should help the poorest communities about the ways to handle waste disposal, and better educate them about recycling.