The Problem with Burning

Plastics and rubber have BPA and other harmful toxins and chemicals.  It is heightened when burned or heated.  Not only is it not healthy for our health, it’s not healthy for the environment. For many years, our planet has seen its fair share of weather issues and part of that is due to the irresponsible nature of our actions.   Our ozone is directly affected by the burning of plastic, rubber, and even fuels.  In any event, it has a trickledown effect.  These effects hit every one of us by way of pollution, both air and water; habitat destruction; and breathing in toxic chemicals. These are only a few of the bad things associated with burning plastics and rubbers.

Dumping

Dumping is on equal footing with burning as far as the destruction that it causes. Dumping happens in landfills, littering in open fields, or dumping in the ocean.  The wildlife is affected more with dumping because they cannot ingest on the things that are dumped.  Wildlife also chokes on the plastic and rubber.  All biological life is important and they all play a pivotal role in our environment.  Littering and dumping all have its negative effects on the wildlife in those areas and we are seeing populations die off or having to adjust to new environments where they are not wired to be.

Our Solution

This is why recycling is important. Properly disposing these items will help us and the environments breathe easier and will help our wildlife sustain longer life.  There are centers in our local communities that are available for us to deliver them our plastics, rubber, batteries, old newspapers, and even glass.  There is undoubtedly something that we all have in our homes that can be recycled. When we recycle properly we are taking a much larger step to saving our environment.