Persuasive Essay On Trash Around Campus

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Driving through cities, walking through parks, or longboarding across campus, trash is found everywhere. The beauty that God gave to nature is becoming destroyed by the pollution caused by humans. A simple act of recycling could radically make a difference. GCU has made attempts to promote recycling by providing recycling bins and an informative flyer in every food area. Fixing the problem of people not recycling will both improve the appearance of the grounds we walk on but also will improve the air used to breathe.
Everyone who goes outside is affected, just because people are hired to clean up trash around campus does not mean that it is only their problem. The people who put their bottles and cans into trash cans are just as bad as putting …show more content…

We should recycle because by leaving trash in landfill sites leads to greenhouse gasses and harmful chemicals hurting both people and then environment. According to Anopchenko, T. Y., Murzin, A. D., Kandrashina, E. A., Kosyakova, I. V., and Surnina, (2016) living in an environment that is greatly polluted incredibly increases health risks. The article “Environmental Risk to Health of the Population. International Journal Of Environmental And Science Education” (2016) by them says “the polluted environment is one of the important factors defining changes of a state of health of the population” (para, 2.). This is a problem because the more waste in landfills or raw materials made into containers release toxic chemicals into the air that are severely affecting how people live. Being able to go inside from the pollution is one thing but animals are not in easy access to get out of polluted areas. Recycling can reduce …show more content…

Recycling would lead to saving energy and help preserve natural resources. In the article “Prognostication of energy use and environmental impacts for recycle system of municipal solid waste management” it says that recycled aluminum cans could possibly save 95% of the energy used to make it and that one ton of them could save 14,000 kilowatt hours. It goes on to explain that a ton of plastic that has been recycled saves up to 5,774 kilowatt hours. Recycling different materials all are able to not only save incredible amounts of energy but also large amounts of oil. Not to mention all the saved raw materials. Saving these things allows the use of them for longer periods of time. This is important because the earth running low on these will not be able to make them so it is best to be good stewards of the limited commodities there

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