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JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST:
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There're lots of different kinds
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of garbage,
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But you can sort them into two
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types: Organic and inorganic.
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Organic garbage is made of the
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plants, food waste, and animal
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waste.
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Organic trash will decay and can
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become soil.
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Inorganic trash are items that
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do not decay into soil.
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Items made with chemicals or
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minerals..things like plastic,
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glass, and aluminum.
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How long do inorganic things
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last in the landfill?
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Glass can last a million years.
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Plastic bottles 450 years
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Aluminum cans 80 to 200 years
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And all these things are
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recyclable.
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That is, they can be reprocessed
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into something new.
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How much does recycling save?
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In terms of energy savings,
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recycing plastic conserves about
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66 percent over making new.
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Recycling aluminum cans saves
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even more at 96 percent.
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But recycling saves more than
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just energy.
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It means we don't have to use as
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many raw resources.
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And we put less into our
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landfills.
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And that's good for everybody.
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For more information about
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garbage check out the Science
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Trek website. You'll find it
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