Short Story: The Importance of Upholding Recycling Day

This is another sunny day with a well-maintained lawn and white fence at Glendale, New Jersey. While Mrs Bertley is trimming her garden filled with Begonia and the award-winning tulip, Mr. Johnson is walking around the block with a black and white poodle while enjoying the outside scene. This is the normal state of the sleeping town of Glendale. Everyone knows the name of their neighbors, and the most exciting thing is the annual bakery sale held in the old Catholic church on 15th October each year.

Twenty years ago, the message behind the recycling day in the United States was "to continue recycling, to purchase recycled products". Today, this information is equally important. On the 20 th anniversary of the US recycling day we will remind everyone to find out what can be recycled in your community - when you buy recycled products - when you buy - "reduce and re - Please continue to use and recycle Finally, we recommend taking a # BeRecycled commitment and committing to life cycle life.

Through the US recycling day, our goal is to teach Americans the importance of proper recycling - to recycle clean and unpolluted materials correctly - and encourage the purchase of products made from recycled ingredients It is that. More than 70% of the population can be recycled, but the actual number of participants is much less. Considering 20 years ago, 217 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) was generated, and 58.6 million tons (27%) was collected or composted. Recently (the latest data in 2014), 258 million tons of municipal solid waste is produced annually, the nation's recycling rate is 35%, among which 89 million tons are recycled or composted I will. As there are more than 130 million tons of landfill sites, there is a considerable opportunity to recycle materials and stay in the economy as raw materials for manufacturing new products.

In 2014, Americans generated approximately 258 million tons of waste, recycled 66.4 million tons, and collected 23 million tons of this material. This corresponds to a recovery rate of 34.6%. On average, we recycle 51 pounds of personal waste of 44 pounds per person per day to compost. Economic situation has a great influence on consumption and waste generation. During the period of rapid economic growth, the amount of waste generated increased or decreased during the recession. For details on waste generation in the United States, see the US Environmental Protection Agency report "Promotion of Sustainable Substance Management: Facts and Data".