Natural+Resource+Conservation

Analyze the effect of natural resource conservation on a product over time (e.g., automobile manufacturing, aluminum can recycling, paper products).

As people grow more aware of their surroundings and the happenings in their surroundings, the news that our resources will be completely depleted scares the human population. Since the early nineteenth century, humans have been trying to conserve and moderate their use of natural resources. This attitude later develops into an ideal that humans need to protect their world because we only have one Earth.

We try to conserve:
 * Plastic
 * Aluminum
 * Paper
 * Scrap Metal
 * Glass
 * Oil
 * Organic Matter



[[image:G.gif width="351" height="265" align="left" caption="("Solid Waste Recycling", 2006)"]]One method of conservation we have used is recycling
Waste Management is a key recycler. Waste Management says that it recycles 5.5 million tons of recyclable material each year.

Recycling is not only beneficial in that it conserves our resources but it also helps us limit our waste. Without recycling, our garbage and waste would end up in landfills, which are expensive and controversial. By recycling, we limit our waste and allow us to keep our beautiful land. Recycling material also saves us energy. Nearly all the time, it is easier for to make a product from recycled material than raw materials ("Solid Waste Recycling", 2006).

Recycling is stressed more and more each day through education and also media such as the news and public announcements. The trend for recycling has been catching on.

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