| It's no secret that the world is being drained of its | | | | We can all do our part in preserving the planet simply |
| resources at a rapidly accelerating rate, fuelled by a | | | | be being conscientious enough to recycle our |
| human population that keeps growing, and thus | | | | disposable plastic containers, whether at home or in |
| keeps demanding more to consume with each | | | | the office. The workplace is a huge culprit for plastic |
| passing year. One of the world's dwindling energy | | | | wastage, with employees bringing plastic bottles to |
| supplies, oil, is already being burned as fuel | | | | work, taking objects around in plastic bags, and using |
| everywhere on earth, but it faces another path of | | | | up office supplies that are made of or contain plastic |
| depletion, in the form of one of mankind's most | | | | in some form. It will definitely pay in the long run to |
| widespread inventions - plastic. Oil, a non-renewable | | | | make your workplace aware of the benefits of |
| resource, is an essential component of plastic | | | | plastic recycling as part of a green workplace |
| production. This in itself would be bad enough, but | | | | initiative. |
| what is worse is that plastic is a tough | | | | The key to awareness is constant reinforcement. |
| non-biodegradable substance, that cannot be broken | | | | Telling people to recycle their plastic objects in the |
| back down for the oil it contains. Soon after it was | | | | workplace won't be enough, unless you can |
| first created, used plastic has become one of the | | | | somehow manage to keep telling them to do so all |
| biggest sources of municipal waste, piling up in giant | | | | the time. Well, in a way, you can, through the |
| trash piles in many parts of the globe. And yet, the | | | | strategic placement of plastic recycling signs above |
| demand by people for plastic containers and other | | | | recycling bins or storage areas that are accessible to |
| objects continues, forcing more oil to be sacrificed to | | | | all employees. It's hard to keep ignoring a plastic |
| meet it. | | | | recycling sign that stares you in the face when you |
| Fortunately, there is a viable solution to this double | | | | walk into the breakroom, or take a stroll down to |
| drain on oil, and that comes in the form of recycling. | | | | the cubicles of your friends in another department, |
| When we recycle plastics properly, we allow them to | | | | when it takes so little effort to help out and make a |
| be re-used or re-processed, saving the energy and | | | | difference for the planet. There are a number of |
| the resources that would have to be spent if they | | | | appropriate signs available for purchase today that will |
| had to be created again from scratch. It also | | | | more than pay off their minimal cost in their |
| prevents these waste plastics from just being | | | | effective promotion of good recycling habits. The |
| thrown into the garbage with the rest of the trash, | | | | power of suggestion is a potent tool for doing our |
| where they will probably clog up another landfill or | | | | collective part in preserving our limited energy |
| other dumping site for hundreds of years to come. | | | | resources, and keeping our planet liveable. |