As so many people do today, often the first place to look for news is the internet. You go to your favorite site, you type in your search terms, and the most popular results magically appear before your eyes. One of the greatest features about the internet is the ease and simplicity of finding all the information you could ever want about a specific topic. Take for instance recycling.
We searched Google News for headlines about “Recycling” and were delighted (but not surprised), when the first 10 headlines were all about its benefits. Out of 10 links on one page, all 10 of those links were about the worth and importance of recycling, with none of them mentioning any slow-down.
In San Jose, there was a headline reading, “Peninsula Cities Consider New Recycling Facility Contract,” a Maryland paper reported on counties in Maryland that are actively boosting their recycling efforts, and in Chicago a popular juice maker began an initiative to recycle more of their juice cartons. It becomes clear very quickly that businesses and communities across the country are continuing to see the value in recycling.
Or consider the headline about the museum in Connecticut dedicated to trash and recycling. According to the news it boasts a sculpture of a dinosaur made entirely out of trash, weighing 2,000 pounds to represent the amount of garbage the average person in Connecticut throws away every year.
It doesn’t take long to realize that just about everyone everywhere is getting the green bug and becoming more interested in recycling. We so often turn to the news to inform our opinions about the world, but many times we don’t think to look at what specifically the news is covering. By simply seeing the amount of news about recycling, it becomes obvious that it’s not something we can ignore. It’s right here, it’s right now, it has impact, it has value, and it’s urgent.
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