Wednesday, April 18, 2012

E Waste Recycling Doesn't Take Much Effort

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By Jill Wagner


When you think about recycling, most likely you wish to do it but you don't have the energy or the time to do it. How hard is it to just round up all your plastic bottles, papers and magazines and take them to a recycle bin? Recycling is recommended but it does not have to be something difficult. There are plenty of things that do a whole lot of good, that are quite simple to do. There are places that let you easily throw different recycle products into different bins.

The perceived problem that most of us have with recycling is we don't wish to get too far away from our everyday routine. It is wonderful to have plenty of light when you are doing things inside your home, but every light in the house never needs to be on simultaneously. How tough would it be to simply turn the light off when you get out of a room? During the day, the outside light is usually sufficient, so that the lights don't have to be flipped on inside, unless they are really needed. We all are generally creatures of habit, so as soon as you get into the habit of recycling, you won't even think about it.

As soon as you get into the habit of flipping off the lights as you leave a room, before long, you won't even think about doing it. It's hard to break the habit because we think that our current habit is OK to do. A lot of us usually do not turn off the lights because we believe it's no big issue. If you saw how much energy is being wasted, you will realize how ridiculous it is to leave the light on. Saving one dollar each day on electricity doesn't sound like much, but it can add up over a year, and think about over ten years.

When you begin noticing how easy it is to not spend as much on energy, you start saving money somewhere else. Before you realize it, you'll find yourself wanting to save everything. If everybody thought in this manner, we won't have a major energy problem. It may lead to a disruption in the economy as the number of people who are impacted by other people wasting energy would increase. In addition to leaving the lights off, you could also switch to lights which are energy efficient.

You could help save energy while still having the lights on. However, using energy efficient lights is not really an excuse to leave the lights on all day. While one person recycling may possibly not have an impact, if you and your neighbors, family and friends start doing, it could have a great effect on the planet.




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