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We all know and mention in all our reports that global warming is the biggest environmental issue we are facing today so to reduce its effects we should work towards reducing it. Even recycling of paper reduces emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. In my building when I noticed that people were carelessly throwing recyclable waste like paper, plastic, glass, cans and other recyclables with general waste in garbage chute without giving a thought of segregating it and minimizing it. I started campaign of collecting, segregating, depositing & upcycling of recyclable material few years ago and got huge response in my community. I had collected tons of papers in past few months and deposited them in Bee?ah, EEG and school. Production of recycled paper does not require cutting down of trees means more trees are available for the absorption of carbon di oxide and in fact production of recycled paper requires less energy. If paper is not recycled it ends up in landfills, decomposition of the paper in landfills produces methane, a greenhouse gas which is 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Methane is produced when materials such as paper decompose under the anaerobic conditions i.e without oxygen in the landfills. One ton of recycled office paper saves 4,100 Kwh of energy, 9 barrels of oil, 54 million Btu's of energy, 60 pounds of air pollutants from being released, 7,000 gallons of water, and 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space,a survey conducted by Stanford,have you ever imagined this so to reduce the strain on landfill sites we should recycle each and every bit of paper. We all can make a difference on this planet by staring any movement of recycling or tree plantation or by raising awareness on reducing carbon emissions. We all should take pledge every day and make it an obligation to preserve and protect our Mother Earth. |
  
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14 Comments
Sweeet, you really deserve it! cheers for your hard work
Posted 28-02-2017 07:39
Look at those beautiful certificates you have received. You really deserve them Mohit, great job!
Posted 25-02-2017 16:54
Well done, nice work.
Posted 18-02-2017 21:39
Great work Mohit. Such efforts really help in creating awareness among people towards recycling. 3Rs in our life should not be just a practice but it should be a habit.
Posted 17-02-2017 00:56
This is amazing Mohit. Recycling in all forms is a great service to the mother earth.
Posted 16-02-2017 20:44
A good attempt Mohit Talreja. Keep it up. One correction Mohit, now, the GWP of Methane is 25.
Posted 16-02-2017 14:19
Great job Mohit. It is true that we can all do something to combat global warming.
Posted 16-02-2017 02:08
Really a great job, such individual committement can prove to be highly beneficial for protecting nature.
Posted 15-02-2017 16:23
Thank you so much Minjoo.Really very good simple ideas suggested by you to follow in our day to day activities.
Posted 15-02-2017 15:48
Thank you @Arushi
Posted 15-02-2017 15:45
Thanks @Roopam
Posted 15-02-2017 15:45
Thanks for sharing your great work, Mohit! We should be aware of recycling papers, and save the use of paper at the first place, such as printing on both sides. We may use the papers again when we need to scribble something for grabbing ideas. Keep up the great work, and have a splendid day :)
Posted 15-02-2017 15:24
Kudos to your eco-friendly attitude and this paper collection drive. Keep it up, Mohit. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 15-02-2017 02:54
good work done
Posted 14-02-2017 23:54