My Belief

• Every single person can make a change…this can create a spiral effect to SAVE our world.

BE RESPONSIBLE

• I am the ONLY person RESPONSIBLE for my behavior.

• I choose to recycle…to make the world better place for my family.

• I choose today to introduce and challenge each of you to RECYCLE!

Get a Recycling Bin

Shopping Totes• I shop with canvas totes…

• I take these to the grocery store and the mall! I don’t want their plastic bags!

Statistics on Plastic Bags and Reasons to Stop Using Them!

• Plastic bags often end up in nature…and oceans• Sea turtles mistake clear plastic bags for

jellyfish. Birds swoop down and swallow the plastic. The petroleum-based plastics take decades to break down, and as long as they float on the ocean's surface, they can appear as feeding grounds.

• "These animals die because the plastic eventually fills their stomachs…It doesn't pass, and they literally starve to death.

Plastic bags..

Don’t have to be eaten to harm the

animals

Statistics on the Amount of Time Items Take to Decompose

. The New York Times and other sources : Has the following listed:Paper: 2.5 monthsMilk Carton: 5 yearsCigarette Butt: 10-12 yearsPlastic Bag: some say 10-20 years…other sources say 100 yearsTin Can: 100 years-200 yearsPlastic Bottle: 450 yearsGlass Bottle: 1,000,000 years

Yuck!

This Picture Represents the Amount of Plastic Bottles Thrown

Away Every 5 Minutes

My Change

• Buy a PUR water purifier for your faucet.• Buy a large plastic container to keep in the

refrigerator for a constant “cold” water supply…

• Buy a container to take places

How To Conserve Energy and Water

• Shut the water off while brushing your teeth…or brush your teeth in the shower!

• Put a bucket in your shower to capture water…use it to water your plants.

• Shut off the water while washing the dishes (by hand)

• Use less electricity in the summer by running appliances in the early morning or late evening…run “full” loads

If Not Us…Then Who?

• If we don’t change…then who will?• Society tends to always think someone

else will do “it”.• “It” happens to other people, “it” doesn’t

really matter…• I THINK “IT” DOES!!!

WE Deserve a Clean Planet!