Gatorade: Trash I Throw Out

537 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: Plastic and its effect on environment

I never though how much trash I throw out every week. As in Gatorade bottles, snack packs, pizza container, other food container, and everyday use like glasses cleaner and cotton swab. I really got thinking in how much I throw out and how much other people throw out every day and how it’s hurting our environment by not recycling what we can in our daily life. I think people should start using plastic container that they could reuse, so that every time you buy pizza you don’t need to throw out a card board box or the one from the Student Center Café. Also start using plastic container for drinks so when you want to drink water or a cold beverage you don’t need to buy a paper cup. If you buy a plastic container you can wash it and reuse it for …show more content…

I mostly drink two Gatorade bottles a day. And drink one can of soda a week. Everything else is goes to the garbage. Like pizza containers, snack packs, other food container, glasses cleaner and cotton swab. So living on campus I only recycle Gatorade bottle when I can. I was surprise that I don’t recycle more often, I think I could recycle my pizza boxes, I also drink water out of a water bottles but I bring them home and get five cent out of it.
Mehta2
Yes, I do know about recycling in my town, you can recycle papers, plastic like milk carton, boxes, some mail, and more. On campus I mostly recycle Gatorade bottle and paper. When I am home I recycle everything I can. And my parents are big at recycling. The gather cans so that they could get five cents back for every can we drink. Which is great because at least we are helping the environment a little bit.
No I don’t really know where my recyclable and non-recyclable end up. I always thought that recyclable goes inside a factory and get separated by its category. And the non-recyclable goes to a big landfilled where everyone in the area garbage goes to and possible gets burn. When I was in elementary school my grade went on a field trip to a recycling place and it was quite interesting in what happen with the cans and paper and how it gets reuse and made into something

Show More
Related

  • Plastic Pollution: A Threat to Oceans and Humanity

    952 Words  | 2 Pages

    Every year, an estimated 8 million tons of plastic waste enters our environment, severely polluting oceans, beaches, forests, and even the towns and cities we live in. In the ocean alone, it is believed that 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic pollutes the waters (“Plastic Statistics”, Ocean Crusaders).The majority of plastic pollution can be traced back to single-use items, such as grocery bags, bottles, and plastic packaging. According to United Nations Environment, “At the rate we are dumping items such as plastic bottles, bags and cups after a single use, by 2050 oceans will carry more plastic than fish…” (“UN Declares War on Ocean Plastic”, UN Environment). This pollution is a major problem and endangers not only the environment, but human

    Read More

  • Disposable Water Bottle Case Study

    1764 Words  | 4 Pages

    In 2005 more than twenty-two billion disposable plastic water bottles ended up in landfills or incinerators in the United States, that is an average of sixty million bottles a day (Franklin, 2006, para. 3). The wastefulness in the production of disposable water bottles and its process is just as astonishing. In 2011, an average 1.39 liters of water were used to produce one liter of water for disposable water bottles (Gustafson, 2013, para. 2). The water used to produce the bottle is the main problem; in the production of a one liter bottle of water it is estimated to require six or more liters of freshwater. Disposable water bottles are a constant contributing factor to the overuse of the limited resources of freshwater. Despite having many

    Read More

  • Difference Between Bottled Water Vs Tap Water

    2641 Words  | 6 Pages

    In today’s society it is uncommon to see people walking around without water. Those who carry water with them either have their water in a reusable bottle or have bought bottled water. Bottled water is the more commonly found type of water carried around, reason being that it is easy to just buy a huge pack so that a person can just grab a bottle a go. The problem with bottled water is that more often than not, the bottle does not get recycled, but instead gets thrown into the garbage. The problem with this is that the bottles end up in a landfill. However, in this past year alone American’s used “about 50 billion plastic water bottles” (Ban The Bottle, n.d., Para. 4). Most people do not see the big difference between bottled water and tap

    Read More

  • Why People Should Recycle

    883 Words  | 2 Pages

    I am not a big earth first person but I do believe in recycling because I work at a local recycling center and I think recycling is a good thing. In fact I think everyone should recycle to make the earth a better place as a whole. A few good reasons why recycling is a good this is, the more people recycle, the less room is filled in landfills. Also, when people recycle they are reusing materials, therefore saving resources. Another good reason is that when you recycle often times you get paid back the C.R.V. that you already paid for in the grocery store.

    Read More

  • Rethinking Recycling : Why Recycling

    1188 Words  | 3 Pages

    Many people hold on to the belief that recycling is unnecessary, and even among those

    Read More

  • Informative Speech: Recycling May Be Bad For the Environment

    568 Words  | 2 Pages

    Attention Getter:     Most of the people present here today probably recycle; some more than others. And probably, most people assume that they are saving natural resources and helping the environment. However, this is not always true.

    Read More

  • Persuasive Essay: Why Should People Recycle?

    706 Words  | 2 Pages

    Recycling is one of the easiest ways to save energy for all the living things on Earth. Recycling save energy because using recyclable items that are not recycled can take a lot of energy. Recycling often saves energy because the products being recycled usually require much less processing to turn them into usable materials. Sometimes recycling can also save energy for goods which is

    Read More

  • Persuasive Essay On Recycling

    1940 Words  | 4 Pages

    When most people hear the word recycling they think of plastic water bottles, milk jugs, or even old paper that they can reuse, but this is not necessarily the case anymore. Scientists and researchers have discovered a new form of recycling that is going to help better the environment and it can even help make people money! Smokers around the world do not think about recycling their used cigarette butts, but this new form of recycling has changed some of their minds on this subject. Recycling has been a major environmental issue, but most people have forgotten about it or they just do not care for it anymore. Paper recycling dates back to as far as 400 B.C. Some people even say that the early Romans recycled their bronze coins so that they

    Read More

  • Water Contamination In America

    246 Words  | 1 Pages

    Americans are actively working to reduce their carbon footprint. However, the average American consumes 167 plastic water bottles per year, yet only recycles 38

    Read More

  • Persuasive Essay On Recycling

    706 Words  | 2 Pages

    In campus, there are always two trash cans that we can use to put our garbage in, one is landfill other is recycle. What I always see is people don’t care which trash can they are using regard to the garbage. Because they think all the trash will be environmentally safe. This action makes the recycling meaningless. According to Denison Richard, landfills are major sources of air and water pollution, also including greenhouse gas emissions. What’s more, decomposing

    Read More

  • The Importance of Recycling

    399 Words  | 1 Pages

    Have you ever wonder what can you do about the bottles and cans you find around you? People that doesn?t care about the world being clean is littering the place. It makes things very difficult to put up for. Recycling cans and bottles can help save the earth form waste and trash buildup and can make new things. I think that recycling should be mandatory and there should be recycling cans in various locations at school and everywhere else.

    Read More

  • Essays On Recycling

    812 Words  | 2 Pages

    Do you hate seeing litter on the streets, or seeing and smelling heaps of garbage sitting, and rotting away? Humans recycling more will help to reduce this. We throw many things that can be recycled. Recycling glass, plastics, paper, and metals will reduce solid waste dumped into the ecosystem daily. “96 percent of U.S. plastic, and 50 percent of its paper, goes into landfills. Mexico, not exactly a bastion of environmental awareness, recycles more glass than the U.S.” (Alice Horrigan 1). That’s 96 percent of the millions of tons of plastic, which will outlive most of us in a landfill that we could recycle and keep it out of our landfill. Paper is made from trees, if we recycle it, we can decrease our rate of ugly deforestation and the destruction of animal habitats. When paper gets to the landfill, it is guaranteed to get wet. The wetness and decomposition of paper atracts mold spores, which produce an odor and are potentially bad for your health. Also k...

    Read More

  • Recycling to Preserve Our Environment

    488 Words  | 1 Pages

    Recycling is important in the effort to preserve our environment for future generations. We are running out of locations to put landfills. Recycling is a simple and effective way to reduce the amount of waste stored in landfills, yet many people do not know how easy it can be. For example, whenever I go to Shoprite® and I b...

    Read More

  • Recycling: Save Planet Earth

    824 Words  | 2 Pages

    Therefore, recycling can protect natural resources, preserve energy and lessen pollution. If people want to save planet Earth for generations to come, then recycling is necessary. On Debate.org, the question “Should there be mandatory recycling?” was asked and 84 percent said yes, while only 16 percent said no (“Should There Be Mandatory Recycling”). Recycling is very important to the planet and can make a huge difference in so many ways. Recycling is a way of life and once a person has made the choice to follow through with the steps, recycling can become second nature. Every small contribution adds up to how the society shapes the Earth’s future. How will someone make a difference?

    Read More

  • Everyone Should Care About The Environment

    1297 Words  | 3 Pages

    While walking through the park last Sunday, I observed a shocking scene. There were two cans: one for recycling and one for trash. The recycling receptacle had only an empty Dr. Pepper can and a few used Ozarka water bottles. On the other hand, the trash can had a plethora of half eaten meals, wrappers, banana peels and disgustingly even bottles, cans, newspapers and plastics that could have been recycled. Because people do not understand or do not care to understand about conserving our resources, many reusable items are being put in landfills when recycling these items could help save the environment. People should know the negative impact of throwing away a water bottle or newspaper, purchasing meat from the grocery store or consuming gasoline has on the environment, and many do not. By informing society about how their decisions affect the environment, we can help save our planet and change our attitude toward the land we live on, the water we drink and the air we breathe” and truly show respect for the stuff that we depend on.

    Read More

More about Gatorade: Trash I Throw Out

Open Document