Recycle Or Else

Throwing something away that can be recycled should be illegal. We have the resources to recycle many things; paper, glass, plastic, metal. Recycling reduces the waste that goes into landfills and the amount of new material that needs to be produced. Many people don’t recycle because they are lazy. Being fined for not recycling would deter this laziness.

People would not be alone in this national effort to improve the lives of everyone. There would be a recycle pick up \ every week, just like the garbage pick up. Recycle bins would be placed in public places just as frequently, if not more than garbage cans. Recycle receptacles would be attractive too, not those giant ugly blue or red bins that you see now.

People who purchase things made out of recycled material would be rewarded because those things would cost less. The higher the recycled content percentage, the bigger the discount would be. Imagine the pride one would feel in recycling cans one day, and buying paperclips made out of those cans the next.

More recycling would mean less trash in landfills. Smaller landfills mean cleaner environments, and a clean place to live makes everyone happy.