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If people were educated about the positive effects that recycling can have and the negative effects of not recycling can have then more people would be motivated to make the change and recycle. The effects of throwing a way even one recyclable item can have a lasting effect on the earth. We only get one world and we have to do what we can to protect it and that  includes recycling.

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These bodies of waters are important to the wildlife that lives in and around the body of water. Plastic and other recyclables in water can cause animals to accidentally ingest the waste. This can lead to animals becoming sick or can lead to their deaths. Animals can be affected even if they do not ingest the recyclable materials. One example, is that when the plastic rings that hold together aluminum cans are in water systems animals like fish, penguins, turtles and more ca get caught in the rings that can cause these animals to suffer.

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We only have so much space on the earth. If we continue to expand landfills we take over areas that once was home to a variety of animals and plants. These animals and plants are then losing their how which increases the likelihood for then to become endangered do to the fact that their environment is being destroyed.

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Landfill continuously have to expand due to the amount of recyclable items. These items are non-biodegradable and stay in the landfill for hundreds of years. According to, How Long Does It Take Garbage to Decompose?  plastic  can take up to 450 t0 1,000 years to start to break down.

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Most of the garbage that litters parks, oceans, and even parking lots are items that could be recycled, like plastic or glass bottles, containers and bags. The environment suffers when people do not recycle and throw their garbage straight in to the environment.