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Live Green, Live Happy
By doing everyday simple
thing like recycling andcomposting, you can make
the environment better and
greener!By : Lucy Zuo 5th
Due:
10-14-10
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What is Recycling?
Recycling means to reuse.
Recycling can save trees and water. : )
Recycling also saves energy!
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Composting is a process of turning organic materials into rich soil(compost)
There are three types of composting. Backyard compostingWorm composting Grass cycling
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What can you compost?
Paper napkins Wood chips
Leaves
Fruit peelings Eggs shells
Corn cobs
Leftovers Nut shells
Bread
Fish bones Animal fur
Seeds
Cheese And a lot more!
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Types of Composting
Backyard composting: A good way of managing organic waste at home. To start, youll needa bin(any size) to store the compost. You can put left over foods into the bin along with waterto make it moist. After the material in the bin had turn brown, crumpled, and smell like grass,it means the material had turn into compost.
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Worm composting
Another way of managing you organic wasteis through worm composting. First, youll needa container to put the worms in. Second, youshould drill holes on the bottom of thecontainer so water can flow through. Third,make a bedding for the worms by usingshredded newspaper or dead plants. Thenput worms in the container( two types ofworms: Eisenia foetida and Lumbricus rubellus )Third, feed the worms, (fruits, meat, veggies,leftovers, ect) After about 3 month, worms will
turn the food into rich compost. You can do thecycle again but remember to separate the wormsfrom the finished compost or else they die. Enjoy!
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Grass cycling
Every time you mown a lawn, youdll leave grass clippings behin on thegrass. Those grass contains 80 percent water an can break own it s particlean will return to the soil within one to two weeks. This will make yourgrass healthier an saves you money from buying expensive fertilizers!
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Do recycle Paper Plastic #1-7
Aluminum cans Cardboards Glass bottles and jars Milk cartons
Do Not Recycle Food wrappers Styrofoam
Aluminum foil Paper towels Plastic wrap
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Here in San Francisco, every
household have a trash bin,
recycling bin, and a compost bin.
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591 Howard StreetSan Francisco CA 94105
Golden Gate Disposal and Recycling
co.
900 Seventh Street
San Francisco CA 94107
SF Environment
11 Grove Street
San Francisco CA 94102
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The second step is to process the recyclable materials.1. Separating the materials into groups.
2. Cleaning the recyclable materials.
3. Sell the materials to the manufacturers. They will turn the recyclable
materials into new products.
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The Recycling Process
After the recyclable materials are sold to the manufacturers. They will makethem into new and recyclable products such as news papers, office papers,plastic bottles, paper towels, and aluminum cans.
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The Recycling Process
The last step of the recycling process is actually buying
recyclable products like soda, papers, water bottlesetc. The cycle
will start again once you recycle the products.
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The importance of Recycling and Composting
By recycling and composting, itll reduce the amount of trash put in landfillseach year! Instead of throwing your waste away, recycle it if its recyclableand compost it if its compostable.
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Slowing down Global Warming
By recycling and composting can slow down global warming, because there are
going to be less trash to burn, and if there are less trash to burn, less carbon
dioxide will be release into the atmosphere.
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Saves Trees
By recycling you can save a lot of trees, because making papers involvescutting down lots of trees. Recycled papers are just as good and fresh as regular
papers.
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Saves Energy
By recycling, you can save a lot of energy because it
takes less energy to produce recycle paper than to
produce regular paper.
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A Greener Environment
We can make our environment
greener and healthier by doing
everyday simple thing like recycling
and composting. By doing that, well
save a lot of energy and trees, createless trash and slows down global
warming.
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San Mateo Recycle works. Recycle works. 2010.
http://www.recycleworks.org/compost/index.html
Owen, Marion. Plan Tea. Copyright @ 1996
http://www.plantea.com/compost-materials.htm
Department of Public works. Backyard composting.http://dpw.lacounty.gov/epd/sg/bc.cfm
City farmer. Composting with red wiggler worms. Revised Feb 10, 2009. Published by
city farmer Canada's office of urban agriculture.
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