Question:
The question wants you to give an example of waste disposal services in your area, what items you have in your recycling bin, how much garbage and recyclables you have produced/collected in a week, and were you surprised by the amount of garbage your family produces in a week. Then the question wants you to list four ways your family can reduce amount of garbage they produce.
An example of an answer to this question could be:
Waste disposal services in my area are trash pickups once a week on Wednesday and a Recycling pickup once a day on Tuesday every two weeks. The amount of garbage my Family of 5 makes in a week is 8 bags of garbage and 1 bag of recyclables. I am not surprised by the amount of garbage my family makes, because we are a pretty large family with pets and it is the usual amount. Other than recycling my family could use more washable dishes instead of plastic ones, my family could not waste as much food, my family could reuse items like boxes and containers for storage, and my family could refill things like bottles instead of throwing them away after they are empty.
Briefly describe your local waste disposal services recycling policy.
• Black bin: everyday Garbage
• Green bin: for long-clipping/grass, and plants
• Red bin: cardboard, plastics, and certain tin cans
What materials did your recycling bin contain by the end of the week?
I honestly don't know. My guesses are In the black bin, plastic bags w/ dog poop and other types of garbage, in the green bin, a few weeds, and in our red bin, cardboard boxes from the food and items we buy.
Approximately, how much garbage and recyclables did you collect in a week’s time? Were you surprised by the amount of garbage and recyclables that your family collected in a week? we probably had 1-3 bags of garbage, 1 bag of recyclables. HAving a family of four in the house, and four dogs, I was not surprised by this at all.
Besides recycling, list four ways that your family could decrease the amount of garbage that you throw away each week? (This could include habits i.e. purchasing prepackaged food) I don't know four ways we could reduce, but I know that we could probably help reduce the amount of garbage by buying less stuff we don't really need, like some packaged food, vegetables we won't eat/use, etc.
Write a conclusion paragraph of at least 100 words using good grammar and sentences. Please include what you learned in the activity and why everyone should recycle? Think about the environmental and economical necessity to society as you write.
Recycling is very important because waste has a very large, and negative impact on the natural environment. Harmful chemicals and greenhouse gasses are released from the waste in landfill sites. Recycling can help to reduce the pollution caused by waste (and humans). Recycling reduces the need for raw materials so that the rain forests can be preserved, as we are cutting down the trees to make paper, toilet paper, paper plates, napkins, etc.
