Original PWS

PWS 1

I am a water bottle. I have been stuck on the side of the road for 8 months, going wherever the wind takes me. I’ve survived inclimate weather, oceans, and forests. All of a sudden, I am shoved into a dark bag.

“I must be being recycled” I said to myself.

Just as I came to this realization I was dumped into a gigantic bin with hundreds, if not thousands of other plastic bottles like me. We are all first sent through a sorter where all materials that are not plastic are taken away and so only plastic is left. I am then cut into little pieces to be prepped for melting. Thankfully, we are all sent through the wash, I am finally contaminate and dirt free. Once the cleaning is done, I am on my way to be melted down. During the melting process I am cleaned once again to make sure any extra dirt is completely gone. Instead of a water bottle, I am now separated into multiple pellets of plastic to be sent out across the country to create useful recycled products such as lumber for building houses, toys for children, and various household products.

The environment is our most important resource; by polluting we are destroying it. Land and water are home to thousands of species including humans. The plastic bag you see lying on the side of the road can take up to 500 years or more to decompose and most times are eaten by animals which eventually leads to their death. By being careless with our waste we are damaging habitats and killing the animals that live in them. Littering attracts bacteria and vermin, which are dangerous to humans and also makes the earth less attractive to look at. If something is not done to prevent the declining health of the environment one day we will not even be able to swim in open water or breath clean air. With the release of An Inconvenient Truth the problems with our environment suddenly became obvious to America and so the “Green Movement” was created. Going green is an effort to conserve and protect America’s environment.

The motto of “going green” is to “Recycle-Reduce-Reuse.” Going green seems intimidating when looking at it as a whole, but broken down it is very simple and by making small changes to your daily habits you can reduce the destruction of the environment greatly. Recycling is one of the easiest things you can do to help save the environment; it is also cheaper then dumping garbage at a landfill by $20 and $40 cheaper then incinerating garbage. Knowing how to properly dispose of garbage will help keep our environment healthy by using less energy and pollution to create new products. Creating new products uses an excessive amount of and releases greenhouse gas such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, which are linked to air pollution and global warming. Some ways you can go green at home include turning the lights off when leaving the room, separating trash, using reusable water bottles, buy recycled and organic items, and buy fruits and vegetables from local farmers to support the economy. These small changes have a huge impact on the environment and it is important to keep the earth beautiful and healthy, but not doing so we run the risk of losing all that is natural and living to an uninhabitable planet.

PWS 2

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PWS 3
The Future
by: mnorman91