Introduction
There are too many paper napkins in America. There are paper 
napkins and plastic knifes and plastic forks and plastic spoons in PSU. I can
use them anytime. When I came PSU’s cafeteria I was surprised by that. For
this project I chose to research recycling in Oregon because I became 
interested in environment when I was elementary school student. I have 
heard in Japan “American people don’t have an interest about environment.”
When I heard this, I was surprised very much. I thought, ‘Don’t they do 
recycling?’ I never have heard about American recycling. I have heard about 
amount of fast food store’s garbage rather than recycling. 
Oregon has a lot of nature. Oregon is first state begin Bottle Bill all 
over the world. But garbage isn’t always separated when it is gathered. 
Much garbage comes out by fast food stores. They have paper cups, papers, 
straws, table napkins, the remains of food, etc. Recently my country Japan 
has many fast food stores. But I think I have more opportunities here in the 
U.S. to use paper stuffs than I was in Japan. One example is table napkins. I 
used cloth napkin in Japan at home, but now I am using lots of paper napkin 
in host family’s house. I don’t know why American people use paper napkin. 
Perhaps it’s custom in America. Perhaps it’s easy for busy American. 
Environment is very interesting topic for me. I was interested about 
environment from before I came here because if we used all resources all over 
the world we can’t live. But someday all resources will be nothing. So I want 
					Recycling in Oregon  
Winter 3/22/2006
3/22/2006
Introduction
There are too many paper napkins in America. There are paper 
napkins and plastic knifes and plastic forks and plastic spoons in PSU. I can
use them anytime. When I came PSU's cafeteria I was surprised by that. For
this project I chose to research recycling in Oregon because I became 
interested in environment when I was elementary school student. I have 
heard in Japan "American people don't have an interest about environment."
When ...