Will Recycling Improve By The Year 2050?
In the year 2050, the predicted world population is 9.6 billion people. Recycling is at it’s best it’s ever been in world history because of our advancements in technology. Our methods have become more simple and our earth has become cleaner.
Over the years, our earth could be “healthy,” if we continue good habits with recycling. Because of our technology, we are able to promote recycling and influence people to participate. Of course in bigger cities, recycling may be harder to maintain, but there is always room for improvement!
Not many people understand the underlying benefits that recycling everyday can simply cause. Over the years, a large amount can build up if there isn’t something done with the garbage that is present. As years and years progress, well into around 50 years, the earth’s water will become extremely dirty, resulting in little to no drinking water. If people don’t continue to recycle, our ozone layer may also be in trouble. Our ozone is the layer that protects the rest of the land from harmful rays from the sun. Fumes that are released from the trash will go into the ozone layer and demolish it. Without the ozone layer, living things will can cause lung damage to humans and slowly destroy the environment. If we continue to recycle and keep the earth at a happy balance, this will not happen.
Landfills are where all the trash and garbage go. If people don’t continue to reuse their recyclables, that can result in the landfill filling up faster than it should. Toxic chemicals will be released, similar to the ones that penetrate off of microwaves, cleaning supplies, and batteries. If the harmful chemicals get released into the soil, that could cause a huge problem as far as growing crops and maintaining healthy soil for trees. Of course this doesn’t just happen in one days worth of time, but if recycling doesn’t become something everybody participates in, the future may hold it for us all.
Another reason why good recycling habits should be maintained is because of wildlife. It helps reduces waste pollution and secondly, it reduces the pressure to use natural resources which helps us prevent further destruction among our wildlife. We may think that just throwing out our garbage onto the land doesn’t affect us as much, but it largely affects all the animals and wildlife.
References:
http://www.conservationcentre.org.uk/protecting-wildlife.html
http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/hazmat/articles/trash.html
