Earth Day Ideas - Show Mother Earth Your Love - Fantastic Gardeners

Today we celebrate Earth Day for the 46th time since U.S. senator Gaylord Nelson suggested the idea for a national day focusing on the environment. After its first celebration on April 22 1970 in the US, Earth Day has grown into a worldwide environmental movement raising awareness of serious issues such as pollution, global warming, deforestation and the detrimental effect of urbanised societies on the environment.

Nowadays, almost 200 countries around the world celebrate this day and although we all know how important it is to reduce our impact on nature, it never hurts to remind ourselves of the little things we can all do to give something back to Mother Earth.

There’s hardly anyone who’s not aware of all the benefits of recycling. State and local authorities, as well as companies and organisations, are constantly raising awareness to encourage recycling and offering various options to make it available across communities.

The 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) are the easiest and most straightforward way to individually reduce our impact on the environment. It may not seem like a lot or enough of an effort, but just by cutting on packaging and separating your waste, you can help your community and the environment by saving money, energy, and natural resources.

London councils have recycling collections weekly or fortnightly, so it’s really easy to simply separate your waste and use the right bins. Recycle Now has prepared a complete guide to help you find out what you can recycle and also locate your nearest recycling drop-off point. There’s no better day to implement their easy recycling plan than today!

If you’re still hesitant about whether you need to plant a tree or two in your garden – don’t be.

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