| We have never used more products than we do | | | | the realities of dealing with these issues seem to |
| in today's society. Not only are we creating a ton | | | | be too much for us to deal with. |
| of waste through the items, which we use and | | | | You might think that recycling will solve this |
| consume, but the packaging we use to hold and | | | | problem, but there is a problem with that also. |
| keep these items also adds to the amount of | | | | One is that not everything can be recycled. The |
| garbage we are creating. While carryout bags, | | | | other is that in the course of recycling something, |
| paper bags and paper sacks can be a big help in | | | | oil or coal will have to be used to power the |
| our lives, we may not really need to use so | | | | recycling plants, these minerals, of course, create |
| much, and it is time our way of life changed to | | | | their own, non recyclable waste products. |
| not need so many of these wasteful products. | | | | It is a good idea to start cutting down on the |
| If you think about how many pieces of rubbish | | | | level of waste we use everyday. We can do this |
| you create each time you go to McDonald's, your | | | | by not using plastic bags or unneeded products |
| conclusions can be staggering. You are usually | | | | and by not shopping at places like McDonald's |
| using something to hold the bag, something for | | | | which create a ridiculous amount of waste. But |
| the burger, the chips, the drink, and the placemat. | | | | these will not solve the deeper problem, that we |
| Then there is the straw, napkins and sundae. Not | | | | have become a society that is happy to waste |
| only does each person who comes in use most | | | | so much of our natural resources. What is needed |
| of these items, but you also have to consider the | | | | is not just a superficial alteration to the way |
| amount of waste they are creating out the back | | | | things are done, but a fundamental shift in our |
| as they cook all the things we consume. Now | | | | attitude towards nature. Such a shift occurring |
| consider how much waste is being produced by | | | | purely of our own volition seems unlikely, and |
| this McDonald's outlet in one day, and consider the | | | | there is a great possibility that it may take an |
| many thousands of outlets there are throughout | | | | environmental disaster before people wake up |
| the world. We are slowly turning out world into | | | | and realize the damage that is being done to the |
| one big garbage can, and places to put it all are | | | | world. |
| starting to run out. | | | | Improvements to the environment can be made, |
| There are now many trash piles situated in the | | | | but the laws within which we live have been |
| oceans of the world. These are uninhabitable by | | | | shown to be ineffective in protecting the |
| marine life, and are put there solely as a result of | | | | environment, and it is time we stood up and |
| human behavior. It seems amazing that we have | | | | demanded real protection for the places in which |
| been able to block this issue out of our minds, but | | | | we live. |