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By Recycling and Reducing the Uses of Bottles and Cans:
(Items 1, 7, 15)
- Reduce the amount of trash that piles up in our landfills.
When we prevent our landfills from filling up too fast, less
people will have to suffer the fate of living next to a landfill
- Reduce the amount of air and water pollutions resulting from
manufacturing of beverage containers
- Save natural places from being destroyed for aluminum mining
and oil, which are raw materials for making bottles and cans.
Wildlife habitats are also saved
- Save water, energy, and solid waste resulting from manufacturing
new bottles and cans
By Recycling and Reusing Paper:
(Items 2, 3, 6, 20, 21, 22, 25)
- Save trees from being cut down. Trees can reduce the likelihood
of mudslides and keep our rivers clean by preventing soil erosion
- Save wildlife habitats
- Trees help undo global warming, which may lead to extreme
temperatures and storms, flood and drought, and rise in sea
levels, etc.
- Trees help clean and refresh the air
- Reduce air and water pollutions resulting from paper manufacturing
process
By Conserving Water:
(Items 4, 10, 19)
- Save wildlife habitat
- Prevent hazards of sinkholes
- Keep plants growing in the prairies and in the farms
- Reduce pollutions resulting from water treatment
By Conserving Electricity:
(Items 5, 23)
- Save forests from being destroyed by acid rain
- Leave enough energy resources for future generations and ourselves
at old age
- Prevent global warming, which may lead to extreme temperatures
and storms, flood and drought, and rise in sea levels
- Save people living next to power plants from being exposed
to toxic pollutions that may harm their health
By Not Using Disposable Utensils and Dining Wares and Grocery
Bags:
(Items 8, 9, 11, 12)
- Save more people from breathing in toxic fumes emitted from
plastic and Styrofoam manufacturing plants
- Save people living next to plastic and Styrofoam plants from
exposure to high cancer risks
- Save oil (raw material for plastic and Styrofoam) from being
exploited and save natural places from being destroyed for oil
- Leave more energy resources for future generations and ourselves
at old age
- Reduce the amount of trash that piles up in our landfills.
When we prevent our landfills from filling up too fast, less
people will have to suffer the fate of living next to a landfill
- Less disposable chopsticks means less chopping down of trees/bamboo
forest, and less bleach and preservative that you have to eat
By Eating a Healthy, Sensible, Vegetarian Diet:
(Items 10, 13, 24)
- Save Earth's food resources. Plant foods can feed a lot more
people than the equivalent amount of animal meat
- Animal compassion. Establish good karma with other living
beings
- Prevent air, water, and solid waste pollutions generated from
animal farming
- By not wasting food, we save water, soil's nutrients, and
energy used during harvest, transportation, and cooking
- Organic foods do not contribute to toxic chemicals being released
into our rivers and oceans
- Organic foods keep toxic chemicals out of your body
By Driving Less:
(Items 16, 17)
- Contribute to less smog and save more people from suffering
asthma
- Reduce the amount of toxic waste and pollution resulting from
the making and using of oil and gasoline
- Save oil from being exploited and save natural places from
being destroyed for oil
- Leave more energy resources for future generations and ourselves
at old age
- Prevent water pollution from oil deposit on roads and car
wash
By Reusing and Recycling Electronics:
(Items 18, 19)
- Prevent toxic metals from polluting other people's groundwater
and soil
- Prevent people from getting harmed by toxic waste
- Reclaim energy resources and reduce pollution that go into
the making of the electronics
- Keep precious metals from being dumped out as trash. Prevent
more natural places from being destroyed for metal mining.
By Using Environmental Friendly Products:
(Items 27, 28)
- Support less-polluting ways of manufacturing things
- Prevent toxic chemicals from polluting our waters
- It is good for your own health
By Reducing the Amount of Your Trash, Buying Only Things You
Really Need, and Repairing/Reusing Things Before Throwing Them Away:
(Items 21, 26, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35)
- Reduce the amount of trash that piles up in our landfills.
When we prevent our landfills from filling up too fast, less
people will have to suffer the fate of living next to a landfill
- Save some natural places from being destroyed for the extraction
of raw materials to make these things
- Reduce the amount of air, water, and solid waste pollutions
resulting from the manufacturing of these things
- Save more people living next to manufacturing plants from
exposure to toxic pollutants
- Save energy during manufacturing and transportation processes.
Leave enough energy resources for future generations and ourselves
at old age
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