Questions & Answers

Riley's Questions (so far)
Q:What, specifically about your topic, are you going to research? Why it is important and all the benefits people get from it.

A: On the topic of recycling I will research how average people can improve at recycling and why this will benefit themselves and the Earth.

Q:What conclusions did you come to? What do you recommend average citizens do to make a difference?

http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-benefits.html
http://www.hcdoes.org/sw/benefits_of_recycling.htm

A: Well-run recycling programs cost less to operate than waste collection, land filling, and incineration. Also recycling creates four jobs for every one job created in the waste management and disposal industries. Recycling would improve many things. It would save energy and resources, decrease pollution, decrease tree cutting, reduces reliance on imported oil, and reduces our reliance on landfills.
*For every ton of paper made from recycled materials saves 17 trees, 6.953 gallons of water, 463 gallons of oil, 587 pounds of air pollution, 3.06 cubic yards of landfill space, and 4,077 kilowatt hours of energy.
*Recycling one ton of plastic saves the equivalent of 1,000 – 2,000 gallons of gasoline.
*Making cars from recycling aluminum decreases related air pollution by 95 percent.
*If all morning newspapers in the US were recycled for one day, the equivalent of 41,000 trees would be saved and 6 million tons of waste would never end up in landfills.
Most of the time, unless you live in a rural area, you can separate your recyclable material and put them out on a specific day, just like you put out your trash. Even if your town doesn't pick up materials, there is almost always a place for you to drop them off to be recycled. So you really have no excuse not to recycle.

Q:What would happen if, worst-case scenario, nobody listened to your recommendations?

A:If no one recycled, we would eventually run out of finite resources and space to bury rubbish And then the toxics would be released by burning and our seas wpuld be used as a dumping ground which will kill the fish. If all sealife die, it wouldn't take long for humans to die.

Q:What would happen if, best-case scenario, everybody listened to your recommendations?
We could stop our land fills from getting bigger, saves trees, and have a healthier tomorrow