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“Man, that bottle of sugar-filled fruit punch was good!  Do you see a trash can anywhere?”  The man that he was walking with replied, “Yes, there is a trash can next to the recycle bin around the corner by the tree.”  If this were you, would you throw away the bottle, or would you go with the clearly, more logical choice of dropping it into the recycling receptacle?  Recycling is one very simple way to help out our environment.  This planet is in grave danger.  There are many things that people can do to stop the Earth from deteriorating so quickly.  Unfortunately, many people do not do these effortless things.  However, recycling is very trouble-free and everybody can participate.  Many people do recycle which is a very positive thing.  Many people do not thing that helping the environment is worth their few extra steps.  However, citizens of California have a system that they run by whether they know it or not.  CRV which stands for California Refund Value, helps to promote the idea of recycling.  When you purchase a bottled or canned item in California, you pay some amount of cents.  When you go to a recycling plant and hand in your bottles and cans you receive this money back.  The small amount of money that is paid per  item seems nominal to many, but eventually this money accumulates, and it can easily be retrieved  by recycling.  So, whether you recycle for your money back or for the environment, I hope that you do so.