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"Hi, ma'am, my name is Courtney Baker and this is Alison Somers and we are seniors at West High School here in town." Courtney and Alison were almost through for the day. They had been given the spot in front of the mall, so they had been pretty busy. "Our environmental science class is conducting a survey of community members to see if the recycling options provided by the city fulfill the needs of residents. Do you recycle?" "Yes, I do", answered the woman. "I recycle all my 1 and 2 plastics, but I would like to see the city pick up some of the other numbers, especially 5 and 6. I have so many yogurt containers that I can't reuse them all!" A report released by the World Resources Institute in April 2003 stated that the average American every week uses the equivalent of 300 shopping bags filled with natural resources for food, shelter, energy and transportation. Americans also pay about $200 billion a year on cleanup of resource extraction, pollution, and wastes.
Can consumption patterns be changed? Explore this question below.
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Shopping with Energy in Mind
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