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of us try to recycle as much personal trash as we possibly can. Are we doing everything correctly, however, or are we “aspirational recyclers?” Throwing items into your recycling receptacle hoping they can be recycled but not clearly knowing can hurt rather
than help your local recycling program. We may also be loading our landfills with items we don’t know can be recycled. According to
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=175929554&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Does
Recycling at Home Actually Make a Difference?</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> from
<i>Real Simple</i>, a publication in </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-f6h"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">MasterFILE Complete</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
“If all recyclable items in the U.S. were diverted from landfills, it would cut more than 107 million metric tons of carbon emissions a year—equal to taking almost 23 million cars off the road.” To gain clarity and further learning on these issues and more,
the Michigan </span><a href="https://mel.org/az.php"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">eLibrary (MeL) eResources</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> offer hundreds of articles about reducing,
reusing, and recycling.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Plastic<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aci&AN=176817515&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make
plastic fantastic again</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> from the
<i>New Scientist</i> in </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-aci"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Applied Science & Technology Source</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
new facilities around the world have a shared ambition to never use crude oil to create plastic again; instead, make all plastic recyclable and reuseable forever. Until this goal is actualized, it’s imperative to pay attention to which types of plastic are
to be thrown in the trash, which should be put in the recycling receptacle, and which should be taken to the local recycling center. This helpful guide in
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=176519406&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Plastic
vs. The Planet</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> from
<i>Scholastic News</i> in </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-prh"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Primary Search</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
can help both children and adults get started. To understand more about different types of plastic development and reuse, read the article
</span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eih&AN=174284757&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Designing
for Recycling</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> in
<i>American Scientist</i> from </span><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-eih"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Environment Complete</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Electronics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">According to the
<i>Scholastic News</i> article, </span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=prh&AN=176287921&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">When
Toys Become Trash</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, from Primary Search, “In 2022, people worldwide threw out more than 7 billion e-toys.” Further, “in the U.S, people produce 7 million tons of electronic trash each
year.” As noted in </span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=160498214&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recycling
E-Waste Closer to Home</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, from
<i>Mechanical Engineering</i> in MasterFILE Complete, separating rare-earth metals from used electronics is difficult and expensive. Both articles emphasize the necessity of separating e-trash from regular waste and finding recycling centers that will take
them. A more academic understanding of e-waste and its </span><a href="https://auth.mel.org/newera/check-direct?url=https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eih&AN=162322072&site=ehost-live&scope=site"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">recent
development, challenges, and opportunities</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> can be found in the
<i>International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology</i> from Environment Complete.
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