| There are still tons of people don't pay attention | | | | certain locations . Of these communities only |
| at all to the need to recycle and others do a | | | | certain ones will accept plastic bottles and leave all |
| so…so job of separating their paper. This means | | | | other plastics to be tossed in the trash. |
| out of all the items being recycled not enough | | | | What will happen if you do not recycle plastics |
| people recycle their plastics . So, what will happen | | | | Ok, so now that we have established that there |
| if you do not recycle plastics? So, lets take a | | | | is only a very small amount of plastics that get |
| good hard look at what is happening in the recycle | | | | recycled , now lets find out what happens to that |
| world now . | | | | plastic when we don't ask the question: What will |
| All types of recycling ins growing including that of | | | | happen if you do not recycle?. All of this plastic |
| plastics , but only a very small percentage of all | | | | ends up in the landfill ,these landfills are filling up |
| plastics are recycled.The above statistic taken | | | | fast with human waste, and plastic and this has a |
| form the United States Environmental Protection | | | | negative impact on our environment . |
| Agency . This statistic says that only about 7% | | | | Just as recently as the 1960´sthere was only |
| of plastics are recycled . And this is because not | | | | about a 1% plastic consumption and therefore |
| all types of plastic can go into a community | | | | plastic waste , and now it is about 12 %. A lot of |
| recycling program. This means that if the question | | | | this plastic is unrecycled plastic bottles and bags, |
| "What will happen if you do not recycle plastics | | | | and about 38 billion of those being water bottles. |
| doesn't concern you, it should ,and these are the | | | | What else will happen if you do not recycle |
| reasons why . | | | | plastics? |
| Only half of the communities in the United States | | | | A lot of unrecycled plasticsbecomes litter on |
| have a recycling program for plastic, but even | | | | streets and highways too , which in the end costs |
| then each community decides on the type of | | | | more to clean up. This litter looks awfull and is |
| program they want to support and the type of | | | | also dangerous for area wildlife . These animals |
| plastics they will recycle. Most of these | | | | get their heads stuck in these bottles, or their |
| communities only have curb side pickup, and | | | | paws, or something happens. |
| otherwise want you to drop off your plastics at | | | | |