How can families conserve, reuse and recycle resources to maintain the environment?
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There are lots of ways. Buy things that will loast for a long time (glass plates versus paper). Build a compost heap in your garden, grow your own plants, recycle the things you throw away, turn off the lights when you leave a room, air dry your clothing rather than putting it in the dryer, wash you dishes by hand, bathe less often and ue a wood burning stove.
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even though i do strongly believe in recycling...i sggest you choose a different topic.  You cant persuade others unless you yourself are persuaded.  And if you are, then i would hope you are well informed about it.\n\nBut if you still want to keep your topic, then you could talk about how it is environmentally safe..talk about the surrent landfill problem, benefits of usung recycled products, its effect on wildlife, dwindling rainforests...etc
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Paper can be recycled.  Rags  are thrown away and can be used for dusters or given to a car workshop.  Egg cartons can be returned to certain shops. Cans can be recycled for money.Icecream containers can beused for various things such as storing things in or taken to a kindergarten.
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Educating People to be more concious of the Problem!\n\nWe all could recycle more, dispose of less.\nWe all could use more energy efficient heating and motor vehicles.\nDo we really need to use so much power - light that are not needed, leaving chargers plugged in, etc\n\nPeople need to be made aware of the situation and how we all can do our bit to help!
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It's where products are put into containers that can be recycled, reused are themselves recycled. They can degrade after they are disgarded and don't hurt the environment. Some companies are working on plastic wrap from soy and fruit (like fruit roll up only much thinner) Some companies use real popcorn instead of styraofoam peanuts. Stuff like that.
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Cool! I'm glad someone wants to help out their community.\n\n-stream/river/lake clean up (organize a team of people to pick up trash and debris)\n\n-found a food bank\n\n-place recycling bins in town-based buildings (city government, libraries, post office, etc.) and organize a pick-up service for collecting the items\n\n-hold a race at your local track to raise money for a local, charitable cause
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Make sure the electric and gas are not connected.  Someone had a good idea about recycling; doors, windows, trim. etc.
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We need to learn how to conserve our natural resources in order to have them for the future world poplutaion.  Without these resources, such as water, humans cannot survive.
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either send anonymously via mail or say 'We got a lot of cloaths from people when our children were young. I would rather these cloathes be used than go to waste.'\n\nMost parents are glad to recieve help of any kind.\n\nWe are very well to do -though not stinking rich. We still accept claoths,books and toys from family and friends whose children have outgrown them - and we give things to our family and friends when or children outgrrow them -even the well to do ones.
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The very best way to help the environment is for each person to do what he or she can.  Organizations are interesting, but what really makes the difference is what you actually do.  Keep it simple.  Pick up a piece of paper.  Plant a flower.  Clean a sidewalk.  Keep your part of the world better and it makes the whole state and the whole world a little bit better.  When others notice what you are doing, they in turn can follow your good example.  That is what will do it.
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Recycle, recycle, recycle.  Oh, and get a compost going too!  :)
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Protect and respect their habitats.  Help wildlife by building a bird feeder, composting, eliminating the use of pesticides and herbicides, etc.  In your garden use plants native to your area - do not introduce plants that are not native - they may disrupt the natural balance. \n\nPossibly one of the best things we can do is stop demanding so much of the world's resources, which, in one way or another, destroys wildlife habitat - increases global warming, destroys the rain forest, etc.  Use cloth reusable shopping bags to carry home groceries.  Buy at bulk food stores using much less packaging materials.  Recycle as much of what we use as possible - glass, soda cans, food cans, plastic containers, newsprint, etc.  Recycle toys, books, games, clothes, etc. by donating them to goodwill or Salvation Army, and shop for things you need at those stores.  Live a simpler, gentler life style.  \n\nHere are a few sites you may like to view.
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i am not sure if they do it in america but i get rid of all mine on freecycle.\n\nas long as you give it away for free then the person that wants it comes to your house and takes it away, at your convienience.  \n\nit's good for big items and stops landfill sites becoming even fuller.  i have given away a lot of baby stuff that otherwise the people couldn't have afforded  -a pram for example\n\ni feel that i am doing something good for me - gets rid of clutter, for the people getting the stuff and for the planet\n\nbest of wishes to you for thinking of other people - take care and lots of hugs\n\nthey do do it in the us - just checked - visit here and if there is not one for your area then start your own.
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It depends on whose definition you are using.  In the ultimate case, you would have zero waste and zero loss of natural resources.  No recycling process can be 100% efficient for example, so you can never achieve ultimate sustainability.
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Here take a look at these\n\nhttp://images.google.ca/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=recycle&btnG=Search
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Education! People have to learn more about pollution and what effects their actions (dumping, buying goods with a lot of packaging etc.) have on the environment. Only then people can act responsibly, reduce waste and recycle and reuse as much as possible.
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First education.  Especially where animal habitat is involved.  The first site below list several good resources.\nSecond, group action.  This is very important in both the developed countries as well as third world nations.\nFinally, human population reduction or at least stability.  This is the most important in countries like the United States where one child can use more resources than a whole village in another part of the world.