brainstorming for topics

"It came to me in a dream"! haha. Well, not exactly.  When I decided to write about recycling it seemed to fall out of nowhere.  I was really planning on writing about supporting local farming and eating organics because Healthy eating is a topic i am passionate about.  When blogging about ideas though, recycling provoked my interest.  I grew up hearing about the three R's. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.  They are important in protecting the environment, but as I matured more i started hearing otherwise.  I heard recycling is actually not so green, and that recycling releases more fossil fuels and poisonous gasses into the air than landfilling things.  Because i'm now on my own I have the option to decide whether or not to recycle.  I chose recycling as a topic to debunk the myths and find out whether recycling in Dayton is effective.

Walking With a Farmer

WOW!  He was like a local, real life John McCandless from Into The Wild.  I admire

The research project is moved slowly, but I found  great facts on recycling.  I learned that recycling is indeed effective.  It conserves natural resources, decreases the use of slow degrading landfills, provides jobs, and makes for cleaner air and water.  Everything i found on recycling is great, but a problem that arose was finding info on recycling in Dayton.  I feel like I did two sets of research so it took me a little longer than I thought to write the paper.  It was worth it though.  I had a great personal interview with a local recycling employee, and I learned the importance of recycling.  Its time to start!
 

The Two main questions I have for my research paper are:
- Is recycling effective?
       -What is the carbon footprint?
       - are it's benefits better than other forms of waste management?
       - does recycling really help protect the environment?
- Is recycling in Dayton Oh effective?
      - Are the companies up-to-date on the latest technologies
      - What are company policies?
      - Is recycling easily accessable to everyone?
      - Is the community educated about recycling opportunities
To find the information I need about recycling in general I can search through academic and scholarly journals to find hard facts and statistics.  This will help tell how effective recycling is in protecting the environment.
To find info on recycling in Dayton I will call local companies and do some personal interviews.  I will also visit the Ohio epa website to check out recycling reviews and stats for Dayton.