Cities trying to rejuvenate recycling efforts

This article is from usatoday.com. The author mention the local government of Fort Worth wants to encourage nation’s recycling effort by economic stimulus and punishment, because the local government afraid of scanty landfills. Most people pay attention on environmental issues of hybrid car or global warming because landfills have enough volumes. Fort Worth took an impressed step to help recycling when it charged the trash can on the pavement. The residents of Fort Worth began throwing more into the recycling bin after the government charged the fee of the trash can. The city made more money now than lost money before by selling recyclable materials. The container that people can throw recycling into make recycling is easier. An environmental economist said recycling cost much money than dumping garbage at the landfills. Recycling is like entertainment because people feel less guilty when they do recycling for protecting environment. The amount of recyclable garbage is growing slowly in America from 1990 to 2000.

Recycling is a good way to reduce the amount of garbage. I do recycling in Taiwan and residents in Taiwan need to do recycling when they dump their garbage. We don’t have to do recycling in Carbondale. I feel guilty when I put all kinds of garbage into the garbage can. I think the state of Illinois needs to make a law to make residents do recycling. Some people recycle garbage at schools or restaurants. A lot of people don’t do recycling at home. Recycling is good way to protect our environment. I will do my best to recycle garbage even though I don’t have to recycle garbage in Carbondale.

When credit cards put you in jeopardy

This article is from CNN.com . The author talks about Americans have $2.2 trillion debt on their credit cards last year. Spending more money than they afford to has become a bad habit for Americans. Percentage of people who don’t pay money on time is highest in three years. You need to find if your credit card spending is out of control. If you have debt on your credit cards, try to change your debt from high-interest credit cards to low-interest credit card. Paying more than minimum payments every month is good way to decrease your debt as soon as possible. You also can negotiate for a lower rate with credit card bank if you have good credit. Finally, the expert also says that you should not use more than 10 percent of your credit limit when you make purchases.
A credit card is a very convenient tool to purchase without bringing money. You don’t need to pay money immediately when you buy something. You can pay the total payment after 30 days later. A lot of people go shopping and spend a lot of money because they don’t pay money immediately. They always spend too much even though they can’t afford to their payment. There is a good way to stop this situation. Don’t use credit card and just use money to purchase. Using debit card is also a good way to control your purchase.

The Amazon Gets Less and Less Green

I read this news from time.com. The article discusses deforestation in Brazil is still rising. The new researches show area of deforestation is wider than before. The environment Ministry tried to discuss a method for stopping the destruction. The environment Ministry will send 800 federal police offices to control this situation. The environment Ministry tell landowners that owners need to follow their environmental policy. If they don’t follow the policies, the government will stop selling their products from their land. But this policy didn’t work very well on the area that is in a remote region. Environment groups don’t believe this policy will work because Brazil is the biggest exporter about beef and soy. The deforestation rise when the commodity price rises. Another worrying thing is that deforestation in west of Brazil is getting worse. Two hydro-electric dam on the largest tributary of Amazon damage the environment. If the situation is not improved, it will be a bad nature in the future.

Deforestation is a big problem in Amazon but the situation seems to be worse and worse. I think Brazil government needs to send more police officers to protect this biggest tropic rainforest in the word. Stopping commercial benefits that comes form deforestation is the main method to protect rainforest. Protecting rainforest also saves different species to live in the earth. The most urgent assignment is preventing illegal deforestation from destroying our beautiful forest and let forests absorb more CO2 to decline the global warming.

written by Jeremy