tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post8249908227857394573..comments2024-03-11T19:41:06.770-07:00Comments on Non-native Bilingualism: Lights, Tamara, ACTION...3 months laterAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05895245202923024753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post-61969742322485274032011-04-29T14:26:13.203-07:002011-04-29T14:26:13.203-07:00Jen,
I am so honored, and excited!!, that you too...Jen, <br />I am so honored, and excited!!, that you took the time to write so much, to do so much, to learn about it, in the end, for you and all the people you will come in contact with. Thank you, thank you, thank you!<br />Love, <br />TamAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895245202923024753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post-80353235760541478532011-04-22T10:12:19.876-07:002011-04-22T10:12:19.876-07:00Continued.....
CURBSIDE BOTTLE RECYCLING VS. RECY...Continued.....<br /><br />CURBSIDE BOTTLE RECYCLING VS. RECYCLING AT THE STORE(TO OBTAIN A BOTTLE DEPOSIT)<br /><br />The Container Recycling Institute thinks a nationwide bottle deposit law would create the incentive to recycle, especially when it comes to plastic bottles, and ease the burden on taxpayers, who pay for cleaning up litter. New York State (where I live) recently implemented a bottle deposit law on water bottles. Personally, I hope this means less trash in our streets of Buffalo, NY and our suburbs!! If you return your plastic bottles at the store the same measures are taken to recycle your water bottles….the bonus is that you receive your deposit back!<br /><br />Statistics - Only 23 percent of the water bottles that Americans use are ever recycled. This means that 38 billion water bottles are filling up landfills instead of being reused.<br /><br />Decomposing - It takes a plastic water bottle 1,000 years before it will even begin to start decomposing.<br /><br />Danger to the Environment - When water bottles are not recycled, they can do serious damage to the environment. If a water bottle is burned, it releases toxic smoke which destroys the ozone layer (which we need to protect us from UV rays and skin cancer).<br /><br />Uses for Recycled Bottles - Recycled water bottles can be turned into many useful items such as carpet, clothing, new bottles, electronic parts and car parts.<br /><br />The Truth - The truth is that recycling only marginally helps cut down the amount of resources needed to make packaging products such as water bottles. The root of the problem is that there is too much consumption and production of plastics. Try to buy fewer water bottles, because in many cases, tap water is just as clean if not cleaner than bottled water.<br />Since the start of my research I have purchased 6, 16oz. Eco water bottles by Tupperware to fill up and reuse for personal use. I even gave 2 of them to my parents (your Great Uncle Eugene and Great Aunt Shirley) for the same reason!<br /><br />For me, I know that there will be times when I purchase and drink water from a disposable container but I’ve made a commitment to myself, our environment, and you that I will recycle the bottle(s) at the store and get my $.05 back!<br /><br />Love,<br />Your 2nd cousin JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post-37709417752112596272011-04-22T10:11:45.532-07:002011-04-22T10:11:45.532-07:00Dear Kaya,
Happy 2nd Birthday! I would like to s...Dear Kaya,<br /><br />Happy 2nd Birthday! I would like to share some of my research on recycling water bottles and what impact water bottles have on our precious earth if not recycled properly. Better yet, at the end of my research you will find that I’ve come up with a solution that will help our environment immensely. My wish is for people reading this “comment” to hopefully think twice about how they recycle their water bottles and what they can do to lesson their consumption of water in disposable containers…....and that some day you will do the same!<br /><br />FACTS ABOUT RECYCLING WATER BOTTLES<br /><br />Recycling is an easy way to help the environment. In addition, many people purchase water bottles, and water bottles are a great item to recycle. Also, if you save your used recyclable products, you could end up making a decent amount of money off of them if you live in a state that charges and redeems deposits for water bottles.<br /><br />It's important to recycle plastic bottles because if they are just discarded in your regular garbage they go to a landfill with the rest of your garbage. Plastic will last forever in a landfill (1,000 years to degrade) and will just take up space there. That is one of the primary reasons plastic bottles need to be recycled. Plastic bottles are easily recycled. They don’t take up a lot of space in your recycling bin at your house. The best way to recycle is to rinse out the bottle and squeeze the bottle together and put the cap back on it. You will have to check with your local area to find out if the caps can be on or not. If they can be on, they are processed with the bottle. Once the plastic bottle is recycled it goes to a recycling center or a material recovery facility (MRF, pronounced “merf”) and goes through the system. The bottles are mulched up, sterilized, cleaned and turned into pellets. Then the pellets are made into brand new plastic bottles. Most plastic bottles used to drink soda or water is made from recycled plastic with help from a solid waste planning engineer and recycling program coordinator. <br /><br />MORE ABOUT THE PROCESS<br /><br />When plastic is recycled, it is sorted into separate different types of plastic, after which it is crushed into a cube and bailed. Plastic is recycled by being sorted into numbers. The 1’s are sorted from the 2’s, the milk jugs from the water bottles, because of the fact that those materials are going to marketed separately. When it comes into a facility it is pushed into 1 hopper in the floor. That material is pushed up through a conveyer system to the top of the compactor and is dropped into the bailer facility where a ram crunches the material and makes a cube out of it. That plastic is then banded up and pushed out of the bailer and loaded onto trailers to be shipped off to markets to be remanufactured for a number of uses, one of which is to make more bottles. <br /><br />to be continued......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com