Reasons Why You Should Stop Wasting

By: Mary Corrales

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One day I was sitting outside enjoying the nice weather and a car came by and threw a glass bottle into the street and I saw it as it shattered all over the place. At that moment I realized that I had to do something to save the environment. Click ‘Read More’ to find out how you can help keep the environment safe.

Recycling is becoming very popular because it impacts the environment and our life. For years people have been littering and making our world unsafe for animals and even humans themselves. “[Recycling] It’s important because it's easy to throw them in the trash can”, said Natalia Rosales, student at Northwest Middle School. People are throwing away things like aluminum cans, plastic bottles, etc. Things like that can be recycled into new things that can be used everyday instead of throwing them away.

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When you save energy, whether it’s at home, school, or work it helps the earth in many ways. “People can save energy by turning off the light when u leave a room or they can turn off a lamp when the are not using it.”, Natalia said.  Just by doing things like this, you can help prevent climate change and protect the air that we breath. Reducing waste will have a very positive impact on the environment. “By reducing waste in the environment it keeps our animals alive”, Natalia said.  Not reducing waste can result in more landfills being built and it can take away more space that we might need. The more that landfills are being built the more our water and soil are being polluted.

There are many ways to reduce waste in the environment. “We can reduce by replacing metal with plastic”, Natalia said. Just by taking a plastic container to a restaurant or taking an aluminum water bottle to school can help you and the environment from being unhealthy.  Every hour 1.5 million pounds of garbage is being dumped into the ocean. When people do this it can endanger sea life or even harm them. “I think it's wrong because fishes eat them and can accidentally choke and die”, Natalia said. It is important to help keep the ocean clean and stop dumping in the ocean. 97 percent of the oxygen that we breathe is coming from the world's water.                   

People should have more appreciation for the earth.  If people keep wasting trash like we do now, the whole US could be covered in landfills. No matter if you decide to pick up the trash in your neighborhood, or plant flowers, it can have a positive impact on our environment.