m63.    What can be done to reduce waste and pollution?

Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do with out. Environmentalists have suggested several methods for overcoming obstacles to recycling, reusing and reducing wastes:

• Pass a national beverage container deposit law.
• Add a tax on virgin materials.
• Include a waste disposal fee in the price of all disposable items.
• Provide economic incentives for recycling.
• Require labeling of products made with recycled materials to show the percentages used.
• Use advertising and education to discourage the throwaway mentality.
• Encourage municipal and backyard composting by banning the disposal of yard wastes in landfills.
• Establish standardized eco-labeling for all products.

e18.    Does water recover from pollution?

e20.    What are environmental hazards and risks?