Only a third of the country recycles

If recycling was as immediate as breathing or stopping at a stop sign then it wouldn't be as difficult to recycle. Recycling is a difficult process when we have signs saying " not here , but there , but not there , over here " It is completely stressful trying to recycle when you don't even know where to throw your garbage.
 

In the future recycling needs to be something everyone does, this would be much easier is there were more trash bins with more descriptive pictures, of what exactly goes in the garbage. Which would provide more jobs for picking people up all these different types of trash. 

 the bins say ‘Recycle Only’ and even the people there have to look inside and ask, ‘Should I put newspaper in or just cans?’ it's confusing for the general public

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/the-recycling-reflex/

Trash Can Accumulate

The Great Pacific Garbage dump is a floating island of trash sometimes referred to as Trash Island , All trash has to go somewhere that paper you just missed the garbage with will travel through sewers and find it's way to the ocean. Animals can get trapped in our litter, and it can degrade in the water, due too the sun to give the water colors if plastic is colored.  Even small parts of plastic are said to be found in the stomachs of marine life 





It is estimated that land-based sources are responsible for up to 80% of marine debris. About 65 % of this, or essentially half of all found in the ocean, comes from consumer used plastics that have not been disposed of properly. Large pieces of plastic can kill by entrapment, suffocation and drowning. Smaller pieces can be ingested, causing choking or intestinal blockage. In some cases, starvation occurs because the plastic makes the animal feel full without having had any nourishment. PICK UP YOUR TRASH !!

That Plastic Bottle You just Tossed, Will Live Longer Than You .

It may take several years for debris to reach " Trash Island" , depending on its origin. Plastic can be washed from the interiors of continents to the sea via sewers, streams and rivers, or it might simply wash away from the coast. Either way, it can be a six- or seven-year journey before it's spinning around in the garbage patch. On the other hand, fishing nets and shipping containers often fall right in with the rest of the trash. One of the most famous such debris spills came in 1992, when 28,000 rubber ducks fell overboard in the Pacific Ocean. The ducks continue to turn up on beaches around the world to this day.

Recycling is key to stopping this trash problem

We see beautiful beaches ; while sea life must suffer

Beaches and lakes are just some of the many things we enjoy water for. Being that summer is an important time in everyone's life between nice weather and no work, for some. When I found out that there was a so called " trash island " I was stunned to find out that the Earths largest landfill isn't even on land. According to  Holly Bamford, director of NOAA's Marine Debris Program. Trash is spread throughout the ocean in little islands above and below the water , some reports state is is bigger than continents. Director Bamford states "... we just don't know... it could be bigger ." There are patches of this garbage, in a concentrated area. The biggest problem being PLASTIC, since it isn't biodegradable