Earth Day 2013

Today is Earth Day, and today my car just happens to be loaded down with all of our recycling from the past... few months. I'm short on time, and wish I could elaborate more.  For more information please read last year's post HERE (apparently I made an oops last year and messed up scheduling my post, so you may have missed it then), and enjoy the facts below:

Treat our Earth better to make it a happier place.  We can all do our part! Again, see last year's post on our efforts to protect our environment and be more responsible with what we use and throw away.  I honestly don't know how many of the above numbers are true... how many steel cans can power a TV for a certain amount of time, but what inspires me to recycle the most is thinking of the amount of trash that we, as Americans, produce each day! And all of that goes to the landfill.  Once it's taken "away" from our homes we don't think about it anymore. But, the truth is that it still exists, and will for a very long time. Piles and piles of it - plastic, metals, etc.  We are a society of convenience and disposable products, but there are many things that can be reused or at least recycled so that the materials can be used again. Think about your trash and your purchases - how long you can keep it or how many times you can use it before it becomes trash.