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Photo courtesy of National Recycling Coalition.
Today is America Recycles Day, which is the only day nationally recognized to encourage people to recycle. For the past eleven years, this date has been celebrated across the country increase awareness of recycling at our home and business. (See here as to events in your area.) As the world has evolved, isn’t it time to consider changing this day to America Reuse or Reduce Day encouraging us to reduce and reuse rather than just recycle? Shouldn’t recycling be the last resort?
Don’t get me wrong. I believe in recycling but as the recycling for cash coordinator at my school, I see what people recycle. Just to give you a short background, I collect yogurt cups, small electronic hand held items such as cell phones, broken crayons, elmer glue sticks, and electronic trash such as CDs and DVDs and their plastic cases. (Note, I don’t get paid for all of these recycling programs.)
Since my boxes are in the open, people just…
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