To have a sustainable environment reusing things is very necessary. Reusing is very simple, you a reuse almost anything you can think of. At my school we are encouraged to make sure we put our trash in the correct bins. My school then uses our compost to create soil for science projects and to help nourish or plants. It is also a good idea to use reusable water bottles or if you do use a plastic water, bottle, you should refill it throughout that day instead of buying another one. I know I like to build things and it is easy to build with things that we would usually just recycle.

I definitely agree that to keep a cleaner environment, we must allow for more composting, recycling, and reusing items. My school has put seperate bins for composting and recycling in the cafeteria, this has allowed me to atleast perform this activity once a day and therefore did decrease my carbon footprint. All schools need to start enforce this activity and make an effort to inform students and facalty about the dangerous gases that are released into our atmosphere when composte materials decompose in a landfill. Recycling also has very positive benefits since recycling paper can save dozens of trees. These activites can create a lot less trash, and eventually reducing the amount of Carbon Dioxide emitted from incinerators. Furthermore, schools need to increase the education of this as it is almost or a completely free choice that could stop a large amount of Carbon Dioxide emissions.

I strongly agree that reusing things is an excellent way to make a greener and more sustainable earth. When a person buys something from a store they usually don't think about the process that was taken to make that product, present it in the packaging, and get it to your local store. For the most part this process is done through a factory, which is one of the leading causes to the excessive amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere. The fossil fuels that humans burn to make a single product, or extravagant packaging costs the environment greatly. Instead when people buy things reused like at a thrift store or at a goodwill humans aren't buying in to all of the factory made products that are ruining the environment. When humans recycle things like paper, bottles, and cans etc. we are also helping the earth stay green. When we recycle these products they are then made into new products, so factories in sense don't have to burn as much fossil fuels to make the products that you can just recycle. The products that we don't recyle are usually sent to dumps where they collect and poi son the environment. With this being said it seems rediculouse to do anything other than recycle, whether it be a plastic bottle or a winter jacket.

Reusing and composting things is a very good way to keep a cleaner environment. In my school's cafeteria, we have bins for composting, recycling (bottles and juice cartons), and for the landfill. I think that all schools should have a bin for composting, as it is a very effective way to reuse otherwise thrown away food scraps to help the environment. I also think that schools should educate their students on how to create an effective compost pile, because many students will never learn how to. Reusing items is another way to help the environment, especially when it makes no sense to just throw away a perfectly fine item, such as (mentioned above) a winter coat, or perhaps a jelly jar. Reusing items like these - or passing them on to relatives and friends - makes much more sense logically, and is much more environmentally friendly than just throwing items away.