WORLD WAR 1

My earth my world so blue and green,
we live on you
and be so mean!

We ought to realize
our habits and mistakes,
as time you know doesn't has a retake!

Reuse your resources and give them a recycle
and to avoid pollution
use a bicycle!

REMEMBER! If not saved today

for a better tomorrow, we'll be the ones
in sadness and sorrow!

So save our world then and now, be serious
otherwise the future generation will go exhausted and furious!

Let’s face it. At one point or another we’ve all heard about the “three R’s” of sustainability: reduce, reuse and recycle. But why don’t we use it? If we travel back into time, around 1800s, the world was clean and green, no garbage seen and 3 R’s followed. It’s tough to think there was a time like that, yet it was once a reality…

The goal of the three R’s is to prevent waste and conserve natural resources. Implementing such “green” practices as the three R’s at a facility or corporate-wide level is an excellent start at profitable corporate responsibility.

So what do we mean when we talk about reduce, reuse, and recycle anyway?

·         Reduce: to use fewer resources in the first place. It takes resources to manufacture, transport, and dispose of products, so reduction minimizes the use of new resources 

·         Reuse: Use materials more than once in their original form instead of throwing them away after each use. Reuse keeps new resources from being used for a while longer, and old resources from entering the waste stream.

·         Recycle: Converting waste materials into new products, changing them from their original form by physical and chemical processes. Although recycling uses energy, it helps to prevent new resources from being used and old materials from entering the waste stream.

HOW WE CAN HELP:

Reduce:

• ·         Buy products that don't have a lot of packaging. Some products are wrapped in many layers of plastic and paperboard even though they don't need to be. You can also look for things that are packed in materials that don't require a lot of energy or resources to produce.

• ·         Instead of buying something you're not going to use very often, see if you can borrow it from someone you know.

• ·         Start a compost bin. Some people set aside a place in their yard where they can dispose of certain food and plant materials. Over time, the materials will break down through a natural process called decomposition. The compost is good for the soil in your yard and means that less garbage will go to the landfill.
• Save energy by turning off lights that you are not using
• ·         Save water by turning off the faucet while you brush your teeth.

Reuse:

• ·         Bring cloth sacks to the store with you instead of taking home new paper or plastic bags. You can use these sacks again and again. You'll be saving some trees!
• ·         Use all writing paper on both sides.
• ·         Use silverware and dishes instead of disposable plastic utensils and plates.
• ·         Plastic containers and reusable lunch bags are great ways to take your lunch to school without creating waste.
• ·         Coffee cans, shoe boxes, margarine containers, and other types of containers people throw away can be used to store things or can become fun arts and crafts projects. Use your imagination!

Recycle:

Many of the things we use every day, like paper bags, soda cans, and milk cartons, are made out of materials that can be recycled. Recycled items are put through a process that makes it possible to create new products out of the materials from the old ones.

In some towns you can leave your recyclables in bins outside your home, and a truck will come and collect them regularly. Other towns have recycling centers where you can drop off the materials you've collected. Things like paper and plastic grocery bags, and plastic and aluminum cans and bottles can often be brought to the grocery store for recycling. Whatever your system is, it's important to remember to rinse out and sort your recyclables!

Credits to...
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775891.html 
http://www.wildlifehc.org/an-introduction-to-the-three-rs-of-sustainability/ 

https://allpoetry.com/poem/11994483-The-3-Rs-by-Sara-Lodha