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Topic: Recycling Plastic

I feel that my topic is important, because our world will die if we don't have resources, so we need to start recycling to keep the world alive.

Americans spend nearly $11 Billion on bottled water each year. "The kind of plastic most commonly used for water bottles -- polyethylene terephthalate, or PET -- is recyclable. But consumers recycle just one of every five bottles they drink, with the rest ending up in landfills, said Pat Franklin, executive director of the Container Recycling Institute, a Washington group that promotes recycling."

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1. I could set up poster/ads around my town to help promote recycling. 2. I could also promote recycling as well as trash pick up in our town. 3. I could start small and set up recycling bins around my school and promote the use of them.

I feel our community isn't trying to promote recycling very much. For instance in other towns they have plastic recycling bins, and if trash is found to have plastic bottles that could be recycled in it, the person is fined.


 * What is your topic: Recycling
 * Why is this important to you: Because it needs to be done, otherwise there will be very few resources left on earth. (Eventually at the pace we are using up resources.)
 * What is the action you'd like to take: I'm going to set up recycling bins, and promote the use of them.
 * When are you going to implement this: At our school.
 * When should your work be completed: By the end of this school year, I won't do it over summer, however I hope they continue to be used years following.
 * Who will be involved: Hopefully all the students.
 * Where will you be implementing your work/steps: Around my school.
 * HOW are you going to start? by getting recycling bins (Like a trash can used for plastic bottles only.)
 * HOW are you going to proceed? I will then use posters and talk about them to get the use rate higher.
 * HOW is this going to end? Hopefully that all the students will use them without thinking about it.
 * **HOW will you know when you've been successful?** When the majority of students uses the trashcans.