| More frequently we are being given | | | | transport. |
| reminders that we are living on a | | | | Having now looked at the ways to reduce |
| fragile and volatile planet. Many of our | | | | global warming in regards to your |
| natural resources have been processed to | | | | traveling attention can now turn to the |
| near depletion. As the world population | | | | management of household waste products |
| grows more land and resources are being | | | | like old bottles, newspapers, excess |
| used to cope with the increase in | | | | paper, tins, unwanted toys, food and |
| demands and deforestation, this in turn | | | | other such items. Many of these items |
| has a by product, Pollution and Global | | | | can be recycled or disposed of without |
| Warming. Global Warming is a "Global" | | | | being put into a general land fill. All |
| issue and is not particular to one event | | | | it requires is a few vital minuets to |
| or action, although one event or action | | | | separate and sort it and it's done. |
| repeated round the world by millions of | | | | For instance you can make compost for |
| us could make a big difference. | | | | your garden from food stuff like onion |
| Because the effects of Global Warming | | | | peelings, tea leaves, spoiled vegetables |
| are created by many different actions it | | | | and fruit can be turned into compost. |
| is hard to put a "Cover All" solution | | | | The items like tins, old bottles, papers |
| into place. A "Cover All" solution is | | | | and newspapers can be taken to recycling |
| equally hard as it would have to be | | | | centres where they will be eventually |
| established as part of an international | | | | taken for recycling. |
| policy, a policy that would need every | | | | You can take your old clothes, toys and |
| country to sign up to, but that's | | | | other goods to charity shops so that |
| politics and will be covered in a | | | | someone else will have the chance of |
| separate article. This article is aimed | | | | using them. This way you can prevent the |
| on focusing the individual actions. | | | | many garbage dumps from becoming too |
| What can one person do? | | | | full. This is another way to reduce the |
| Alone, not a lot but imagine if millions | | | | effects of global warming that rarely |
| of others just like you done the same | | | | crosses our minds. |
| thing round the world! That would make a | | | | As you can see, while the large |
| big difference on a Global scale, now | | | | industries and companies work to reduce |
| imagine this happened with various | | | | global warming on a large scale, the |
| different products at the same time! | | | | small scale reduction is down to the |
| The biggest pollutant in most of our | | | | individual. For those of us who are |
| lives is our beloved Car, for most of us | | | | looking at the ways to stop global |
| the car is an integral part of our | | | | warming our homes, the way we travel and |
| lives. Without taking the drastic | | | | our lifestyles can be looked at with |
| measures of not having a car and | | | | this goal in mind. In the end it is all |
| hampering our lifestyles there are still | | | | of our collective efforts to stop global |
| a few tricks left to reducing the motor | | | | warming which will help us to live a |
| vehicle carbon emissions. Car sharing | | | | better and cleaner life. You may only be |
| work journeys, lower c02 emission cars, | | | | ably to change one element of the above |
| hybrid cars, cutting out short journeys | | | | at a time, but can you imaging the |
| that can be done on foot, and public | | | | impact if everybody done just ONE thing? |