| Recycling efforts are alive and well in every state, | | | | government oversight to their infrastructure |
| county and township. They are available on all levels | | | | surrounding pollution. They have such a large |
| and most major cities and even the smallest of | | | | population that production is the number one focus |
| townships have some form of this service available. | | | | and not the byproduct of waste management. Their |
| As we look at all the Green Planet initiatives that we | | | | rivers, China is not alone here, are heavily polluted |
| can consider the pollution from our own garbage, at | | | | now and their people have few choices where to |
| times, takes a back seat. But consider the following; | | | | drink. Think about the cycle of life. People eat fish, |
| every pound of waste that cannot be converted to | | | | chicken, vegetables and beef right? So, if the animals |
| energy or some other useful form must go | | | | and vegetables are consuming contaminated water |
| somewhere. | | | | and minerals in the soil then guess who consumes it |
| If waste is left to Mother Nature to deal with she will. | | | | last? |
| This is where nature gets even and quite harmfully | | | | Our bodies are going through massive change over |
| to the human race. If our personal waste or garbage | | | | time. We have a wonderful system of integrated |
| goes to a landfill and is not properly sorted for | | | | organs that adapt to environmental change over |
| recycling efforts then it will sit in our soil. So, you ask, | | | | time. Poison is not one that we adapt to well. Poison |
| what's wrong with that? Where do we get our | | | | leads to toxic conditions inside our bodies and lay |
| drinking water from? I'll wait. Yes, mother nature. We | | | | dormant for years. Once found, they are difficult to |
| are, in some cases, poisoning our own water | | | | extract in the form of inflammation and worst case |
| reserves. Under ground is like a maze of freeways. | | | | cancer. So recycling to manage our landfills and waste |
| The freeways underground are rivers of water that | | | | is very important if not critical to expose the lowest |
| come from rainfall in the mountains and are forming | | | | lever of the eco-chain to the wonders of how to |
| up in our cities and then processed into your homes | | | | manage this. Every home should have a three |
| and business locations. | | | | container trash can in their kitchen. This should feed a |
| So, if practice just the basics of recycling we not | | | | larger container that eventually goes out for pick up. |
| only preserve our vanishing lands but we also keep | | | | The chambers should be divided into recycle zones |
| our water ways much easier to manage and thus | | | | like paper, glass and normal waste (non recycled |
| safer to drink for everyone. Countries go through | | | | goods). By doing this we would, in effect, cut back 2 |
| learning curves or cycles in their maturation from | | | | 3'rds of the total weekly waste of each home. Two |
| Third World status to fully industrialized. The | | | | of the chambers would never see a landfill! Can we |
| challenges during this period of evolution for a | | | | do this? Of course we can. It's up to everyone |
| country (China as an example) are the lack of proper | | | | reading this note today. |