Substances that can be used for recycling and some examples are as follows
●Saving water
One-third of the water used in a household is consumed in the bathroom. If you keep the faucet running while you brush your teeth, nine liters of water will go down the drain in a minute. Experts recommend taking a shower instead of a basin. Put a plastic bottle filled with water in the toilet tank so you can save some of the water every time you flush the toilet. Also, remember to turn off the faucet when brushing your teeth.
●Refuse to use plastic bags
Plastic bags are a serious source of pollution, and people go to the mall to shop, most of the use of plastic bags, so every household has endless plastic bags, white pollution is getting worse. People can use two simple ways to reduce plastic bag waste, one is to use reusable shopping bags, the other is to go out shopping before taking the last time you loaded items with plastic bags.
●Turn down the temperature of your air conditioner by 1 degree
Statistically, about 30 percent of carbon dioxide is produced from our homes. But turning down the air conditioning in every home by just one degree will reduce your electricity bill by 10 percent over the course of a year, and turning down the room temperature by one degree will have little or no effect on you - you won't even feel it at all. You can also reduce your expenses by drawing curtains earlier, using insulation strips on windows and doors, or maintaining room temperature.
●Use as much renewable energy as possible
Green energy comes from a variety of renewable sources, including wind power and hydroelectricity. Wherever you live, choose any of these green energy sources if possible. Of course, in many areas, green energy is still out of reach because the production of such energy is lagging behind. It is imperative that the government increase investment in research into green energy technology to generate more green energy.
●Recycling
About 80 percent of waste, such as newspapers, glass and aluminum cans, are resources that can be reused. But people are not doing enough about it. In the UK, more than 5 billion aluminum cans could be reused each year, only 1.6 billion are actually reused.
●Buy local and organic
Organic food production causes very little environmental damage compared to conventional farming. However, you should consider transportation. You should first look at whether it is locally produced or from outside the country when you buy organic food. If it is from outside the country, then the means of transportation will produce carbon dioxide, whether it is transported by air or by road or rail, and obviously the closer the transportation is, the lower the emissions will be.
●Reducing waste
Even recycling consumes energy, because recyclable "junk" still needs to be trucked, and some of it needs to be re-melted. So it's a good idea to think about how to reduce waste before you think about recycling, since 80 percent of packaging goes straight into the trash. Experts recommend trying to buy in bulk, buying fruits and vegetables in bulk, not buying items that are wrapped in multiple layers of plastic paper, and buying items that are easily degradable.
●Plant a tree
Trees absorb carbon dioxide while releasing oxygen. Each of us emits an average of 11 tons of carbon dioxide per year, but if we plant a tree, we can offset both. Happily, saplings aren't expensive: for a few dozen dollars per person per year, you can plant enough trees to suck up all the carbon dioxide you emit.
●Turn off extra lights
A large portion of carbon dioxide is created when producing the electricity that keeps the lights on. So if you're leaving a room, don't forget to turn off the lights. People are perfectly capable of using energy-saving light bulbs in their daily lives; not only do they last up to 10 times longer, they also use one-fifth the energy of traditional lamps.
●Vacationing at home
A Boeing 747 burns an average of 200 tons of fuel per flight, and the aviation industry is the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gas emissions, and within 50 years it will be the largest source of this greenhouse gas. There are also many downsides to airplane flight, such as the fact that the wake behind the fuselage traps heat in the air by reflecting infrared radiation from the Earth's surface, which would escape into space if there were no airplane wake.
Airplane tickets are very tempting these days, but the fact that more and more people are traveling by air is only making the environment worse. Ironically, even the most environmentally conscious person would find it difficult to resist the temptation to take a vacation abroad on an inexpensive airliner. However, it should be noted that a passenger jet flying from Britain to New York releases as much carbon dioxide as a family car does in a year!
●Making the most of videoconferencing
The advances in information technology have made it possible to have successful meetings without the need for people to get together and stay in their offices. This kind of meeting has a particularly big advantage, is conducive to environmental protection. The United Kingdom has conducted a statistical survey, and last year, the British Telecommunications Authority (BT) reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 47,000 tons because of the introduction of videoconferencing services. Flying from the UK to New York to attend a conference, a plane creates half a ton of carbon dioxide, and attending a conference in a car produces an average of 32 kilograms of carbon dioxide, but a participant using a videoconferencing system will only produce an average of 0.002 kilograms of carbon dioxide per hour.
●Giving Green Gifts
Giving gifts has become the most common way of socializing or getting in touch with people during the New Year holidays. In the past, when people gave gifts, they preferred to choose delicate, good-looking gifts, with little consideration for the environment. Now, people's environmental awareness, and some gift companies have launched a series of special green gifts to people in developing countries to give a beehive, an acre of rainforest, a donkey, to water-scarce areas to give a water tank used to collect rainwater, and so on. The gift companies send the recipients a card reminding them that they have done something good to protect the environment.
●Paper works both ways
In the UK alone, for example, more than 350 million trees are cut down every year to make the paper used in offices. So it's a good idea to put a message on your photocopier that says, "Please use both sides of the paper.
●Mobile phone trade-in
Mobile phones are becoming more and more common and obsolete more and more often, making used phones a major enemy of the environment. In fact, many manufacturers now offer cell phone trade-in services, so you can absolutely trade in your old phone for a new one. Metals such as gold, silver and platinum-platinum can be extracted from recycled cell phones and reused.
●Unplug electrical appliances
Statistics show that the standby time for a TV is 17.5 hours a day. Other appliances include DVD players, VCRs, washing machines, dishwashers and stereos, etc. If everyone remembers to unplug these appliances after using them every day, the electricity saved would be enough to power the lights on Main Street.
●Minimize the use of private cars
In the UK, for example, around a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions come from the transport sector, with road transport accounting for the vast majority of this. Despite the fact that state-of-the-art technology has made today's cars more fuel-efficient than in the past, emissions have increased as the total number of cars has grown and traffic has become more congested. Joanna Yarrow, an environmental consultant and director of Beyond Green, says we spend an average of nine days a year in our cars. She advises, "If you need to drive yourself, slow down. Going 50 miles per hour saves 25 percent more fuel than going 70 miles per hour." Even better, of course, is to use public **** transportation.
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Essay: Waste reuse is also saving
The largest gas power plant in Henan Province and the first one in Zhengzhou City is under intensive construction at Dengfeng Dengtou Group's Jinling Coal Mine, and after the project is completed, it will make use of 4.38 million cubic meters of gas annually and generate 21.9 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, which can Reduce the incidence of gas accidents in Dengfeng city by 12 percentage points. The use of gas to generate electricity is now considered to be the most effective way of comprehensive utilization of coal resources. (According to Zhengzhou Evening News reported on August 18)
The actual utilization rate of gas in China is less than 2% per year. China's coal mining in the gas pumped into the atmosphere into the exhaust, both a waste of resources, but also pollute the environment. It is of great significance to utilize the gas to generate electricity and to utilize the "waste gas".
See, in science and technology today, the scope of garbage and waste to narrow down a lot, there are a lot of traditional sense of garbage and waste through the waste reuse treatment, into a new product, which can still be called garbage, waste?
In fact, waste reuse is also a kind of saving. For example, people who have experienced a "water shortage" or water supply should feel, panning, washing water saved for scrubbing the floor, flushing toilets, wash your face water is also used to flush the toilet. This time the water has been fully utilized, the usual waste water to be reused, this is not saving water? Imagine, if usually can be like a "water shortage" when the waste water reuse, that will save how much water ah. This requires people to develop a habit of waste reuse, enhance the awareness of saving. There are many similar phenomena in life, such as waste disposal, not only for environmental protection, but also can be reused after the collection of garbage processing to generate new products, which is also saving ah, is a multi-purpose it.
Life is like this, production is the same. Factory reproduction process of waste, waste gas, waste water (liquid) and so on, there are a lot of utilization value, as long as the recycling process, can again become a means of production. If the breakdown, not only can save the factory's production costs, and even generate income. According to reports, Hunan Province, the renewable resources industry to increase the recycling of waste, each year for the community's new wealth of 25 billion yuan, what a sizable number ah, see the value of waste recycling space how big it is.
It has been reported that, at present, China's waste recycling disorder is very serious, most of them are still in the "rags" type of workshop stage. The main reason is the imperfection of the legal system. China's first "Circular Economy Promotion Law" has entered the drafting stage, is expected to be submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in the second half of 2007 for consideration. It is believed that with the follow-up of laws and systems, waste reuse will play a greater role. And when waste is fully utilized, it reduces the openness to new resources, which is a kind of saving.
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Waste reuse of beverage bottles into a "big cock"
Sichuan News Network - Leshan Evening News
(Internship reporter Zhang Tongxin photographic reports) in response to the "creation of a conservation-oriented society". In response to the call to "create a conservation-oriented society", yesterday, Leshan Normal College students and the central city of Xingfa Street community residents in the high north door "8.19" square to carry out a use of household waste to make handicrafts exhibition activities.
Yesterday morning at 9:30, in the square, many people are gathered there to watch the "octopus", "rooster", "piglet" and other beautifully crafted. The reporter went to the front to see, the original these "octopus", "rooster", "piggy" and so on are made of waste products. These crafts attracted a lot of children, a few college students on the side to explain the production process to the children, the children look very curious, want to do a "big rooster".
One of the college students told reporters that the materials of these crafts are actually very simple, are the use of mineral water bottles, waste paper and other discarded household items cleaned and made, "You see! Big rooster and octopus is made of beverage bottles, pen holder is made of toilet paper cartridges." The reporter saw that there are many handicrafts are very beautiful, there are cardboard boxes made of small houses and so on. Xingfa Street community staff told reporters that they held such activities with college students in order to publicize the "thrifty, waste reuse".
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Waste reuse environmental protection and saving
Recently, in Turpan city's main arteries, the sanitation department has concentrated on installing nearly 500 waste materials. Sanitation department focused on the installation of nearly 500 different colors of garbage cans, it is reported, this is my region to promote the "creation of a resource-saving society" and a new initiative, the purchase and installation of these garbage cans is the use of life, production of waste, through scientific and technological means of processing regeneration and become both environmentally friendly and so that the resources are fully utilized, but also reduce the cost of environmentally friendly. Full use of resources, but also reduces the cost of the sanitation department said it will gradually promote and replace the existing sanitation facilities, while the classification of garbage, but also can be reused after the collection of garbage processing to generate new products, it is really a multi-purpose, worth promoting. At present, in the production, life process generated by the waste, waste gas, waste water (liquid) and so on there are many are valuable, as long as the recycling process, can again become a means of production. If the breakdown, not only can save the production costs of the factory, and even generate income. At present, China's waste recycling disorder is very serious, most of them are still in the "picking up rags" type of workshop stage. The main reason is the imperfection of the legal system. I believe that with the follow-up of the law and system, waste recycling will play a greater role. And waste is fully utilized, it reduces the development and protection of new resources, but also a kind of saving.
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