Hello fellow students! This is our Public Health post and we decided to follow the school of environmental health. We went to a Wal-mart located on Fletcher and Bruce B. Downs and decided to check out where the recycling bins are located. They are easily accesible in front of the main entrance of the building, and color coded to differentiate plastics and metals. Recycling provides reusable and ready material. This is essential because we live in a world with limited resources. Limiting the standard use of raw material versus recycled materials can prevent hazards such as global warming and desertification. Such preventative measures can avoid travesty such as tragedy of the commons. Despite being a highly individualistic society, the United States and its individuals must work in unison to maintain the stability and growth of our environment. To see that Wal-Mart follows NIOSH standards to provide proper recycling for consumers is encouraging. More companies, especially smaller business, must take preventative measures into consideration for the overall benefit of the health of our communities. In an individualistic basis individuals must be educated on recycling. Many family homes do not recycle and do not understand the benefits behind sorting their trash. In order to ensure emphasis in the increasing matter of over-using limited resources, local and state governments should emphasize further education to businesses and civilians. Regarding our limited resources, recycling has helped achieving the construction of homes, parks, and books for children. Therefore, people must always be aware of their surroundings and to be proactive in recycling and waste management.
Partners in the picture:
Nelson Rosales
Nesthana Azurin
Stanislaw Sowinski
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