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How much does recycling help deforestation?
Each ton (2000 pounds) of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water.
Why does recycling help deforestation?
As a result, materials that are recycled help save the energy and water that would have been used to make a product from virgin or raw materials. Many of those raw materials would be taken from rainforests without recycling. Logging is the biggest source of steady deforestation.
What does recycling also save?
The more we recycle, the less garbage winds up in our landfills and incineration plants. By reusing aluminum, paper, glass, plastics, and other materials, we can save production and energy costs, and reduce the negative impacts that the extraction and processing of virgin materials has on the environment.
How does recycling help ocean pollution?
Recycling helps keep plastics out of the ocean and reduces the amount of “new” plastic in circulation. It’s also important to check with your local recycling center about the types of plastic they accept.
How does recycling help the ocean?
How helpful is recycling?
How does the rain forest help the Earth?
Rainforests help to keep the Earth cool by recycling water vapor and allowing clean rainfall on land. Rainfall helps wash away dust, provide fresh water for rivers, as well as plants and animals so that they can grow and live healthy lives. Can we even imagine life without fresh water?
What can you do to help save the rainforest?
Educating people about rainforests can be done through schools, radio and television programs as well as by printing clothing such as t-shirts, pants or bags with ‘save the trees’ or ‘save the rainforest’ logos.
How does decomposition help to keep the rainforest healthy?
Without the help of bacteria and other microorganisms, dead plants and animals would just sit on the rainforest floor. Over time, these dead things would just pile higher and higher with no place to go. So you can see why decomposition plays such an important part of helping to keep the rainforest healthy.
How does the Amazon rain forest store water?
Rainforests store water like a huge sponge. In fact, it is believed that the Amazonian forests alone store over half of the Earth’s rainwater! Rainforest trees draw water from the forest floor and release it back in to the atmosphere in the form of swirling mists and clouds.