Monday, August 18, 2008

Stop Pollution Guide

How do you stop pollution? Stop pollution is everybody’s job. All of us must work together. Here is how you can start. The first thing that you should do is to stop polluting yourself. For instance, try to recycle as much as you possibly can. Recycle all of your aluminum cans, newspaper, and plastic bags. Try to use objects that can be used more than once. For example, you can use cloth bags for your grocery shopping rather than using plastic or paper bags. If you have something that is broken like radio or television, you might want to fix it before buying a new one. If you can’t fix it by yourself, you may need a professional help. Nevertheless, it is better for the environment.

It is also important to talk to other people about protecting environment. Remember, you can not stop pollution by yourself. Talk to your friends and neighbors about how they can help. If you have children, it is important to teach the not to litter. Furthermore, there are many local community programs that you can volunteer with your children.

If you can have car, it is important to get your car tuned up annually. So it will run efficiently. Sometimes you may not need to drive. If you can walk or ride a bicycle, you should try it. You can save the gasoline, money, and the environment at the same time.

If your home uses a regular incandescent bulb, you should change it to fluorescent bulb. Why? Fluorescent bulb is more energy efficient than incandescent bulb.

Pauline Go - EzineArticles Expert Author

Monday, August 4, 2008

Recycling Symbols & Logos

Here are the symbols relating to the various materials you find on common packaging.


PETE

Polyethylene Terephalate Ethylene

PETE goes into soft drink, juice, water, detergent, and cleaner bottles. Also used for cooking and peanut butter jars.


HDPE

High Density Polyethylene

High Density Polyethylene HDPE goes into milk and water jugs, bleach bottles, detergent and shampoo. Plastic bags and grocery sacks, motor oil bottles, household cleaners and butter tubs.


PVC

Polyvinyl Cloride

PVC goes into window cleaner, cooking oils, and detergent bottles. Also used for peanut butter jars and water jugs.


LDPE

Low Density Polyethylene

LDPE goes into plastic bags and grocery sacks, dry cleaning bags and flexible film packaging. Also some bottles.


PP

Polypropylene

PP goes into caps, disks, syrup bottles, yogurt tubs, straws and film packaging.


PS

Polystyrene

PS goes into meat trays, egg cartons, plates, cutlery, carry-out containers and clear trays.


OTHER

Other

Includes resins not mentioned above or combinations of plastics.


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