| many people in our society haven't a clue as to | | | | plastics to be tossed in the trash. |
| why they should recycle still others recycle to a | | | | Ok, so now that we have established that only a |
| certain degree but don't put too much effort into | | | | small percentage of plastics gets recycled and |
| the job . This means out of all the items being | | | | that not every plastic is recycled, now lets find |
| recycled not enough people recycle their plastics . | | | | out what happens to that plastic when we don't |
| Then the question lies with: "What will happen if | | | | ask the question: What will happen if you do not |
| you do not recycle plastics? Well, let´s see | | | | recycle?. All of this plastic ends up in the landfill , |
| exactly what is happening now. | | | | and becomes waste and affects the environment |
| This statistic says that only about 7% of plastics | | | | in a negative way. |
| are recycled . So even if you aren't worried about | | | | Even as far back as the 60's plastic only made up |
| what will happen if you do not recycle plastics, | | | | 1% of a communities waste, and now it is about |
| you should,and these are the reasons why . | | | | 12 %. Most of this plastic is unrecycled plastic |
| Only some of these communities have curb side | | | | bottles and bags, with about 38 billion water |
| pick up while others require you to drop off your | | | | bottles being in the landfill. |
| plastics. Of these communities only certain ones | | | | It looks terrible and is dangerous to wildlife. More |
| will accept plastic bottles and leave all other | | | | and more animals are killed by litter every year. |