How to Recycle - Student Scholarship Essays About Recycling

"My family and I have been recycling for as long as I can remember. We always make an effort to recycle all cans and bottles we use. We live in the dessert and I find it incredibly disheartening when I see trash windblown into the brush. Not only is it ugly, for the lack of a better term, but it is also dangerous. Glass bottles have been known to start fires in the dessert. It is so very disturbing to me to know that somebody was simply too lazy to put a glass bottle in its appropriate place, a recycling bin. I also try my best to avoid using plastic bags when I go shopping; I keep in mind to bring tote bags just so one less plastic bag will be used. If you do not choose me as the winner of the Castle Ink Paperless Scholarship do not fret, I will continue recycling as I always have. Thank you for your time and consideration."

"Living in the United States, I can never do enough to reduce my impact on the environment. As an average American, I use more than my fair share of water, electricity, and fuel daily, but I do my best to counter those effects in every way that I can. I choose to live on the Green Community of my residence hall at Wagner College, where we are committed to recycling and promoting environmentally conscious programs on and off campus. Even small changes, like unplugging electronics when they aren't in use and fixing leaky taps can make a difference, so I try to convince others to adopt these habits as well. I reduce my use of fuel by using public transportation instead of driving a car, which is one of the reasons I decided to go to school in New York City. "

"As a high school student, I try my best to recycle everyday and reduce my carbon footprint as well. My high school has can and bottle recycling receptacles that I use whenever I can as well as paper recycling bins. Often when I see friends going to throw out a recyclable material, I stop them and volunteer to take care of it for them. I know that every little bit counts, so I always unplug my chargers and electronic devices when I'm not using them and I've done my best to take shorter showers, brush my teeth without the water on, and keep the lights off when I don't need them. I carpool every morning on the way to school with my friends and I'm constantly encouraging my friends to reduce their footprint as well. I've gotten my parents to replace light bulbs with high efficiency light bulbs and convinced my mother to start washing our clothes in cold water. I'm encouraging my mother to buy a new hybrid car or maybe even an electric vehicle. I hope to pursue a career in environmental science and conservation. I want to investigate alternative resources and help make America a greener nation. I sincerely believe that we can save ourselves as long as we take the initiative to try. I'd like to be one of those saviors."

"Whenever I buy items at a store I make sure to tell the cashier that I do not need a bag if I am able to carry the items myself. When you buy fast food especially at a college or around campus you throw away a lot of trash so I not only save money by bringing my own lunch but I reuse glass tupperware instead of throwing away all that trash. I have also used the washable water bottles and reuse the plastic bottles a few times before I recycle them in order to reduce the amount of bottles wasted as well."

"At an early age, I would organize a group from my friends and we would walk around collecting cans for recycling. These actions in my early age has given me a nostalgia to reduce, reuse, and recycle. In this stance, I was very determined to 'save' the world just by a bit. Organizing many of my friends I educated them in the importance to reduce- like cut the shower time, turning off the water when brushing your teeth. Reuse- buy a water bottle, avoid using Styrofoam. Recycle- place all the plastic bottles, soda cans, you could even earn some money. Imagine if you just cut shower times down to 4 minutes. You would be able to save over $6000 a year. Turn off, unplug, and let the sunshine come in, just by turning the lights off after you leave can easily save you $100 dollars. So as you walk, jog, work, eat remember the four R's Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, make sure you Rethink."

"At my school, there is no green club or any organization that helps with going green. However, thanks to me and few of my closest friends, Lone Grove High School is starting its first ever Green Club on January fourth. We already have a schedule of planting trees, recycling our schools newpapers, and reducing our school's electricity. We are all very excited to get this program going. I believe I am deserving of this essay because I am trying to help our community and this scholarship money would help me spread my knowledge of going green."

"Just about everyone knows our environment is in danger. One of the most serious threats is the massive amount of waste we put into the air, water, and ground every year. All across the United States and around the world are thousands of places that have been, and continue to be, polluted by toxic waste, radioactive waste and just plain garbage. It is imperative that we are aware of all the things that we can do to help our environment by diminishing the amount of trash and garbage that we produce each year. This is why my family and i feel very strongly about recycling. Many might not know the importance of recycling and what it can do to our environment. But let me tell you this, if we continue to throw trash in our landfills and don’t recycle many of the items that can be recycled then sooner or later we wont be living in a healthy society. This is why I strongly encourage others to make an effort in watching what we put in our trash, every little bit helps. My parents told me of the importance of recycling when i was little and i have then past that knowledge on to my own son, it doesn't take alot of effort to do even the smallest things like donating your belongings that you don't need anymore to a good will or someone in need instead of throwing them out. It's amazing the things you see in the trash that could of easily been taking to a thrift store or giving away. I am proud to be that 1 person that say's yes i do recycle and even though i am only one person, i know that i am making a difference."

"In my life, I have made a commitment to recycling. I live in Oregon, a very recycle- friendly state that has highly influenced my actions. Daily, every bit of garbage is catagorized into recyclable ( cans, glass, paper) and non-recyclables. My family also recycles old ink cartridges and cell phones. i have realized the importance f recycling because I have seen the benefits that a few minutes a day can create, and its tremendous. "

"I have made a commitment to recycle on a daily bases and have included my children including my three year old daughter in the practice. We have a black inside trash can for TRASH non-recylables and a large white box that we place our recyclables such as, papergoods, water, juice, lotion, dish soap, laundry deturgent, shampoo, gel plastic bottles, cardboard toilet tissue rolls, glass bottles, etc. We are doing are part to recycle! My children know exactly which items to go in the box and what items to go into the trash. We have a list from out local sanitation department posted on the refrigerator with picture references if ever there is a question as to what should go where. It feels good to do something for ""mother earth"" at the same time the return value for recycling comes in handy for our basic family necessities. We buy large hand soap containers from Costco and reuse our smaller hand soap dispensers that we by from local drugstores. We also reuse larger cardboard boxes and line them with plastic bags and use for storage bins for toys."

"At Concordia College, I am a member of the Student Environmental Alliance. The goals of our organization include reducing, reusing, and recycling resources on campus. This year for the Concordia Homecoming Parade, we rode bicycles while carrying signs made out of cardboard that we had rescued from garbage bins. The signs had messages that read "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Members who did not have bicycles walked instead and collected recyclables from the people who were watching the parade. Altogether, we recycled over 100 plastic and glass containers that day! This was my first proactive experience concerning recycling, and since then I have made changes in my daily life to continue to better serve our planet. I bring my own cloth napkins to our school cafeteria so I don't have to use the paper ones that get thrown away. I never dry my hands on paper towels when there is a hand dryer available. I only print my classwork when absolutely necessary, and I always recycle my paper, whether its magazines, newspapers, or otherwise. I drink from a reusable water bottle and never purchase bottled or canned beverages because for me it is easier to stop using them than to have to find a recycling bin every time I finish a drink. These are simple, easy steps that I have taken to reduce, reuse, and recycle since I joined my campus Student Environmental Alliance. I hope that after the Homecoming Parade, we may have inspired others to make similar lifestyle changes to be better stewards of our planet's resources."

""recycle, reduce, reuse"" has been in my vocabulary since I was a little girl. I remember watching the little dinosaur on the commercials doing a dance and making recycling look so cool. From my young years, I was crushing cans in my garage, getting more and more excited to go to the recycling center with my dad to see how much we saved. It was almost a game to me then. Now as I am growing older and am aware of what is going on with the Earth and how important it is to do our part to save it. I recycle in my own home and encourage others close to me to do the same. I started to recycle as much as I could at my place of work and now they have specific recycling bins for aluminum, plastic, and paper. Not only is recycling taking out your old used containers to the big blue recycling bin to take out next to the garbage bins on garbage day, but it is the little things. It is using a cloth bag instead of plastic at the grocery store, using your own washable drinking bottle instead of plastic, and turning off the water while you brush your teeth. I do the little things as much as I can and as many big things that I am able to do. Spreading the joy of recycling which is the joy of saving our Earth to others is what I feel is most important and I try to do that as much as I can."