With the government leading by example, the promotion of correct recycling retains its importance.
Every government building should go through the same regulation of prioritizing the recycling of metal, glass, and plastics. When children are raised in an environmentally conscious space, they take that with them. At schools, there should be more cans added to each classroom and room. By making recycling a larger part of the youth’s education, when they come home, they will attempt to remedy the wrongdoing of recycling dirty plastics. If your take away from a public school is they don’t recycle, you’d be conditioned from a young age to not recycle. Enforcing stricter laws in government-run operations will integrate into the public's awareness. The laws don’t nearly do enough to enforce real recycling. By adding the “recycle triangle”, it alludes to the public that the item is recyclable, when in fact a 6 or 7, is nearly impossible to reuse. Since the 70’s companies have been trying to evade different mandated regulations about recyclable materials their goods are sold in.
The alarming number is caused by blockage of food scraps and un-recyclable materials. The only solution is to create active change in government-operated buildings and believe the trickle-down effect will change the way we recycle.Īccording to National Geographic in 2021, only about 9% of plastic is recycled, meaning the other 91% in the bin, is thrown out. The general public has been nurtured by manipulative companies that the triangle symbol on the bottom of a bottle, means it is 100%, undeniably, recyclable. We can combat climate change when we start with us. This empowers voters to choose candidates who will implement policies that will combat climate change. With the momentum at the local level, people can then incentivize electoral engagement at all levels of government, from the cities to the federal government. Local initiatives provide added benefits for communities, including cleaner air and more walkable space. These initiatives can increase local engagement and help everyday people have a personal connection with solving a broader problem.
#Deep thoughts install#
In gyms, we can install bikes that generate renewable electricity (which can also encourage individual health). We can do this with local initiatives, such as cultivating gardens (doable in schools and has the added benefit of teaching youth about climate change and its related science).
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Instead of solely empowering legislators that only might combat climate change, we need to empower the people and thus energize a grassroots movements for a better future, free from the ravages of climate change. This solution does encapsulate objectives that can be accomplished only on a legislative level (such as banning new fossil fuel projects and subsidizing renewables), but it's a solution that's incomplete, rife with disconnections between legislators and voters. However, we often think of solving this as a solely electoral issue, as if we'll solve the problem just by voting in the right people.
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We know how to solve the problems in general: reduce CO2 emissions and find ways to absorb CO2 already emitted. From longer heat waves that are lethal to the flooding of coastal communities, we're reaping the effects of a global yet somewhat cryptic problem. We're acknowledging the issue, but we're not doing enough about it - and that's costing us. The biggest problem facing the world right now is absolutely climate change.
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