So, I'm sitting in the library at school, doing some research for my latest English paper. Recycling. There are so many benefits to recycling, that I don't see why more people don't do it. Maybe they're just lazy or they don't care. Maybe they've got better things to do and don't have time for recycling. I think it's because they just don't understand the plight the world is facing because of the lack of effort to recycle. There are so many things in the world that can be recycled. Paper Aluminum Plastic Glass Asphalt Iron Textiles Every day household objects can be recylced, and with curbside pickup or local onsight recycling, you dont have to go out of your way to recycle. Milk jugs, newspapers, vegetable cans, scrap metal, and roof shingles can be recycled too. Even ash from wood and coal fires can be recycled to make bricks. Landfills are quickly filling, forests are depleting, and the ozone is thinning, yet many of us still sit back in the lifestyles we're accustom to and waste our resources everyday. I printed off about 40 pages in sources for my English paper, and it makes me sick thinking how much paper I'm using. Especially since its not double sided, and my teacher will probably just end up throwing them out anyways. Here are some tips to help you kick off some recycling habits in your home: 1) Print pages double sided to save paper and to reduce the amount of trees processed 2) Buy refillable ink cartriges for your printer, to save on energy used to manufacture new ones 3) Reuse your water bottles or soda bottles for later use, or at least remember to recycle them properly 4) Cutting a milk jug in half makes for a great flower pot in the summer, just remember to recycle the top portion you're not using. 5) Save those aluminum cans, especially when you have parties. Many of them have a 5 or 10 cent deposit on them. So not only are you recycling aluminum, but you'll also be getting a little money back from the cost of purchasing them. 6) Use grocery bags as bubble wrap for packaging instead of throwing them away, and having to buy packaging materials 7) Reuse old envelopes. Just stick a new address label on them and they're good to go. 8) Toilet paper rolls can be recycled, after all, they're cardboard. 9) Use Junk mail as pet bedding, or shred and donate to your local pet shop. 10) Batteries are recyclable. Don't throw them in the garbage because they could leak battery acid and chemicals into the environment. These are only ten of the many ways you can reuse, reduce, and recycle in your home and help clean up your environment as well. But I believe the best thing you can do, other than recycle, would be to inform others. Let them know what they can do to help save our planet and pull us from the garbage crisis we have thrown ourselves into.