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3 Living Green ?  Living Green is defined by benefits-of- recycling.com as To reduce your impact on the environment by living an eco- friendly life style by using the 4 R’s  Rethink  Recycle  Reduce  Reuse

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5 Recycle  Recycle is to use again or reuse waste material by converting it into something new as defined by the yourdictionary.com  Bills can be printed on recycled paper  It is important to recycle because not only does it help the environment but cuts down on waste landfills.

6 Items to Recycle  Paper  Plastic  Tires  Aluminum  Copper  Cardboard

7 Rethink  It is important to rethink about what you buy.  When buying new products it is important to ask yourself if the product is environment friendly.  Always compare your products to others to see how safe it is for the environment.

8 Reduce  Reduce the amount of resources that are used in your household.  food, water and electricity.  Reducing the amount of resources also helps reduce landfills.  Landfills contain products that take many years to break down when they can be recycled to create new materials.

9 Reuse  Think about ways to reuse everyday house hold items.  Clothes to create dust rags.  Use Cloth bags when grocery shopping.  Using cloth bags each time you shop will cut down on the amount of plastic bags that are put into landfills.

10 Energy Savers  Other Energy Savers that help you in living your life green can be beneficial to the environment.  Solar Energy  Wind Energy  Hydro Electricity

11 Solar energy  Solar Energy is defined by yourdictionary.com as energy derived from the sun radiation by converting sunlight to electricity.  Using Solar energy cuts down on electricity.  Ways to use solar energy can be used in houses and cars.

12 Wind Energy  Wind Energy is defined as using wind to make electricity and power windmills that are used for mechanical purposes. (wikipedia)  Wind Energy is used in the western part of the United States by using wind farms with wind turbines.  Wind Turbines are connected to electric power transmission.

13 Hydro Power  Hydro Power is the use of water for irrigation.  This type of energy can be considered a reusable resource.  You can collect rain in barrels and then later use that water to water plants, crops and use for drinking water.

14 Local Recycle Drop Offs  Jonesboro  TRG Jonesboro LLC  Recycling Education  Express Recycling  Marmaduke  WW Recycling

15 References  www.benefits-of-recycling.com www.benefits-of-recycling.com  www.yourdictionary.com www.yourdictionary.com  www.wikipedia.com www.wikipedia.com


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