Climate Change and recycling

Climate Change and recycling
There have always been climate changes, but in recent years these changes have been accelerated by the impact of human activity. That's rapidly changing environment by human action that makes changing the composition of the atmosphere is what we call today is climate change and resulting disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes, intense storms, floods, hurricanes, etc ...
How does the recycling?
If many trees are cut, if we generate the carbon dioxide (C02) and methane (C04) which is contributing to climate change.
The waste we produce in our homes, is going to landfills as it decomposes it produces biogas. This biogas contains carbon dioxide and methane which, when released into the atmosphere produce much damage as climate change, melting Arctic glaciers, causing sea level rise, causing warming of the oceans and very adverse effects on our planet and ourselves.

Did you know that there are islands of trash in the oceans?

In the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Hawaii there is an island of trash larger than Texas and in the Atlantic fleet, a huge block of waste that exceeds the size of Cuba. On both islands of garbage floating plastic waste such as bottles of drink, but there are bottles of oil and other toxic.
We recycle so that no more islands full of trash polluting our marine animals and our nature.

Know that today is Earth Day?

April 22 is World Earth Day

Celebrate Recycling!

The colors of my tentacles

My tentacles are colored circles are called suckers. Each color means a container where you can recycle a given material.
Red is for dangerous materials such as fuel cells and batteries.
Yellow means that you can recycle plastics.
Blue for paper and cardboard.
The orange or brown for all the leftovers. Organic waste.
The green glass.
The gray aluminum cans and tin cans.
Know that all countries have different colored containers for the wastes to be recycled. So it is best to read the signs of the containers, while not register or comply with the colors for recycling as universal.

How to make recycled paper

Save the trees!

As is known, but is quickly forgotten, every piece of paper, all books, all the printing costs of the trees and deforestation causes terrible.

What does the blue circle on my tentacle mean?

My arms are called tentacles. Each represents a material for recycling. My arm have a blue circles representing the paper and paperboard. If we recycle paper avoid cutting trees. We are the heroes of the planet!

CHILDREN'S PAINTING COMPETITION ON RECYCLING

“Recycle with Tiny Octopus Recycling”

Painting can help children express their feelings, their experiences and the freedom of

imagination as well, with it encourages communication, enhances concentration and creativity.

On this occasion we invite all children to draw and paint on the care of the environment through various recycling activities in order to stimulate interest among the smallest for the reuse of wastes to preserve nature.

On the occasion of World Recycling Day,Tiny Octopus Recycles blog calls this contest with the following rules:

Participants

The competition is open to children all over the world below the age of 10 years.
Everyone can participate.
The competition is divided into two categories.
Category A for children aged 0 to 5 years.
Category B for children aged 6 to 9 years.

Category C for children aged 10 to 12 years.

Every drawings should carry the following information at the back of the painting/drawing:

Name, surname, boy or girl, date of birth, nationality, full postal address, email.

There is no entry fee.

Topic
Recycling in any areas such as carrying materials to be reused as paper, plastics, glass, organic or other container, reusing various materials, saving the trees to the act of recycling paper, etc… Draw to be valued Tiny Octopus Recycles our recycling mascot will find the following posts with the same bases.

www.tinyoctopusrecycles.blogspot.com

Technical
The technique is free, accept all types of paint such as crayons, watercolors, tempera, oil, acrylic or colored pencils. The format cannot be greater than 40 x 29 cm and not less than 21 x 29.7 (A4)paper unframed. You can only send a work.

Term
The deadline starts with the announcement of these bases and ends on May 17, 2011 at 18 hrs.

Shipping Methods
The paintings will be sent by post to:
Tiny Octopus Recycles
Medinacelli 1230, Las Condes
Santiago, Chile
CP. 7580237

The paintings can be sent by email as long as the technique allows the use of the scanner and in this case will be the email:

tinyoctopusrecycles@gmail.com. In a separate file will be sent the requested data before.

Jury Composition
The jury will be the same for the two categories and its composition will be known to the public the decision, which can not be appealed through the media.

Prizes
Category A and B
First Place: Medal, diploma, case series of children's crayons, blocks of recycled paper.
Second Place: Medal, diploma, textbooks, block of recycled paper.
Third Place: Medal, diploma,textbooks, block of recycled paper.

Category C
First Place: Medal, diploma, briefcase professional pencil, pad of recycled paper,books.
Second Place: Medal, diploma,art material, block recycled paper, books.
Third Place: Medal, diploma,art material, block recycled paper, books.

Both categories
20 honorable mentions with surprise gifts and a certificate.
All children receive a diploma.

Note: No paintings/drawings will be returned. The copyright of all entries will rest Planet Comunicaciones e.i.r.l for publish in the blogs of Environment.

Acceptance of rules
The participation of this contest is, by the contestants and their parents, acceptance of these rules and decisions of the jury.

What are the 3Rs?

The first R is REDUCE. We must reduce the amount of garbage we throw away. For example, potato peels or leftover vegetables can make a compost.
The second R is REUSE. We must seize the things we have not to fill our planet of garbage. Example, if you throw a piece of paper, remember that you can use the back page too. If we are to throw a glass bottle, we think we can do a lot with it, such as a lamp.
The third R is RECYCLE. Many products can have another life cycle such as glass bottles, drink cans, cardboard, paper, etc ... What remains after reduce and reuse is recycled.