Sixty years ago, before the start of the 'throw-away' consumer societies of today's world, people did not throw away so many things. They used and re-used bottles, jars, cardboard boxes, paper bags, etc. much more carefully than we do today. Now, more than fifty years later, we are returning to the same good idea - we call it 'recycling'.
We are again thinking about what we throw out. Why do we throw away so much food packaging, so many plastic supermarket bags, old newspapers and phone books, bottles and cans? What is all this rubbish doing to our environment, to the world we live in? Can't we use some of it again?
Answer: yes, we can. New industries -recycling industries- are starting to re-use some of our rubbish. For example, the island of Taiwan now buys tonnes of waste paper from the USA and recycles it to make newspapers, and for use in offices and homes. Japan takes scrap metal from the USA and makes some parts of new cars with it . Most European and American cities now have 'recycling centres' for people's old bottles and newspapers.
All this recycling is not only good for the environment but it is good business, too. A recycled aluminium can is 20 per cent cheaper to make than a new can, for instance. For both the environment and the economy, recycling makes very good sense.
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There's A Place In Your Heart And I Know That It Is Love And This Place Could Be Much Brighter Than Tomorrow And If You Really Try You'll Find There's No Need To Cry In This Place You'll Feel There's No Hurt Or Sorrow There Are Ways To Get There If You Care Enough For The Living Make A Little Space Make A Better Place... Heal The World Make It A Better Place For You And For Me And The Entire Human Race There Are People Dying If You Care Enough For The Living Make A Better Place For You And For Me
You Can Change the World!
Do you know that you can change the world? If you want to make changes, you have to make a commitment. Making acommitmentmeans sticking to something until it is done. It also means that you have made a decision. If you make good decisions, the changes you make will be good changes.If you want to change something that is too big for you to change by yourself, you have to work with other people.What happens if you and your friends and a lot of other people believe the same thing? What happens when everyone who believes the same thing works together? They become what is called a critical mass. They can put lots of energy into making a change. When they make a commitment to work together, they can make big changes. Sometimes the changes are so big that the whole world changes. Kids Learn: Activities These activities will teach you more about the environment.Be sure to clean up after you do each of these activities. Pick up your trash and throw it away the correct way. Put everything away in its place. Pick an Activity: #1: How and What Does Nature Recycle Naturally? #2: When You Use Water, You Use Everything In It. #3: Be Your Own Paper Recycling Company!
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About World Water Day
The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.The United Nations General Assembly designated 22 March of each year as the World Day for Water by adopting a resolution.This world day for water was to be observed starting in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.
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