We need to spend more time informing our youth and our communities about the positive effects recycling has on our neighborhoods, communities, states, nation and most importantly our one and only planet Earth. Since our nation is growing and changing, newer technology will help reduce trash build up and with creative innovative approaches to get more people to recycle we can make a nation where trash concerns are the least of our problems and breathing fresh air isn 't figment of a dream but a reality.
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