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Recycling World and Global pollution

Last year we recycled enough paper to save 41 million trees.

Waste Management provides environmentally friendly, cost-efficient, recycling solutions to households, businesses, and municipalities across the U.S. and Canada. Through its 109 material recovery facilities, WM processes more than 7.6 million tons of recyclables each year, making it the largest recycler of municipal solid waste in North America.

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms .[1] Pollution can take the form of chemical substances, or energy, such as noise, heat, or light. Pollutants, the elements of pollution, can be foreign substances or energies, or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring, they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels. Pollution is often classed as point source or nonpoint source pollution. The Blacksmith Institute issues annually a list of the world's worst polluted places. In the 2007 issues the ten top nominees are located in Azerbaijan, China, India, Peru, Russia, Ukraine and Zambia.