Ryan

I can reduce my ecological footprint by not littering and recycling.media type="custom" key="9384808" I am working on this project with Brandon Eaton from Mrs.Franks class.

 **__ Who? __** // Who invented recycling? // The truth is that not one specific person invented recycling. Some people argue that it was started from necessity. // Who invented the law not to litter? // //In 1388 the English parliament said it was forbidden to throw waste in public streets.//

**__ What? __** // What is the most littered substance? // Cigarette butts are the most littered substance in the world, and are toxic to the environment. The filter in cigarette butts are cellulose acetate, a non -biodegradable plastic. Cigarette butts threaten wildlife and sea animals that can mistake them for food. Animals that eat cigarette butts can block their digestive tract that can make the animal ill or even starve to death. Every year the Ocean Conservancy sponsors the International Coastal Cleanup where volunteers collect and count trash on beaches and waterways. In 2001, cigarette butts were the most littered items on the beach. // What is the most recycled substance? // The most recycled substance is aluminum. When aluminum is recycled it is back on the grocery shelf in as little as 60 days! Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a T.V for 3 hours, or the equivalent of half-a-gallon of gas. More aluminum goes into beverage cans than any other product, which can prove that it is the most recycled item. If you recycle an aluminum can it will still be a can 500 years from now.WOW! That’s a long time! Also we use OVER 80,000,000,000 aluminum cans in a year. **__ When? __** // When was littering becoming a major problem in our environment? // Well littering has always been a problem but it’s more of an opinion when it became a MAJOR problem. Plus it’s always been up to us whether or not to make it less of a problem. // When was recycling invented? // Recycling came in 1690 when the Rittenhouse family of Philadelphia made the first paper recycling mill on the Wissahickon Creek. Metal was not recycled in America until 1776, when patriots in New York City melted a statue of King George lll to make bullets. In 1897 New York’s first recycling center was established. By 1904 massive amounts of aluminum began to be recycled in Chicago and Cleveland. **__ Where? __** // Where is the most littered country in the world? // The most littered country in the world is Somalia. Somalia is on the Indian Ocean coast at the bottom of the Red Sea. // Where is the biggest recycling factory? // Dubai has the biggest recycling plant in the world and processes about 1,300 tons of materials per hour. **__ Why? __** // Why is recycling so important to our environment? // Recycling is important because it saves energy and land space. If you were to not recycle, you would increase the size of our landfills, therefore we save land space. **__ How? __** // How could we reduce the amount of litter in our local environment? // We could reduce the amount of litter in our environment by picking up trash and cans on the side of our road. We could even just pick up trash in our backyard and it would still make a big difference in our environment.


 * Cause ||  || Effect ||


 * 1.Littering in our local environment ||  || 1. Can Hurt wildlife for mistaking for food. ||


 * 2.Picking up litter in our environment ||  || 2. Helps wildlife and the environment. ||


 * 3.Recycling aluminum cans ||  || 3. The can will still be a can 500 years from now. ||

 Sources: [|http://www.aboutmyplanet.com] [|http://www.ct.gov] [|http://www.proffesorshouse.com] [|http://www.litterbutt.com] [|http://www.greenanswers.com] [|http://www.recycling-revolution.com] [|http://www.wikipedia.org] [|http://www.elnaturallista.com] Hypothesis: By cleaning up litter on the side of our roads we could improve the enviroment. 1.First we get two plastic bags and make one bag for trash and the other for recycling. 2.Second we walk down our street and pick up litter on the side of the road and divide it into trash and recycling and put it into there own bag. 3. Third we take them home and place them in either the recycling can or trash can. 4. Fourth we take the larger recycling objects and take them to the recycling factory and get money. 5. Last we take the money that was made at the recycling factory and use it to throw away the large trash objects.
 * 4.Picking up plastic bags ||  || 4. Gets rid of a bag that would be there for hundreds of years. ||

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