The Importance Of Recycling In Any Business

Americans throw away enough paper in a year to build a wall 12 feet high from New York City to Los Angeles.  This fact is from the site earth911.org, a public service website that focuses on recycling issues.  Now that’s a lot of paper! Despite the hype that computer makers gave a few years ago, the computer has NOT decreased the toilet paper used in most offices today, but has actually in a fair amount reduced the use of paper for official works, which are now usually projected with a projector device. 

According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors Clean Your Files Day Program, the average citizen uses about 1 ½ pounds of paper a day.  
The average office employee uses 10,000 sheets of paper per year according to the Environmental Defense Fund.

Now that’s just the figures on paper. What about the ink cartridges and cell phones that are tossed into landfills each year.  
No matter how you slice it, recycling today is still big business. Whether it’s glass, paper, plastic, steel, printer wet and dry ink cartridges, computers, magazines, cardboard boxes, cell phones or other materials, recycling products reduces waste and cost, and saves energy and resources.  

So why isn’t your business utilizing a recycling program? Many small business owners feel overwhelmed when asked about recycling, but it needn’t be daunting because there are a lot of resources available.  

Many of them are just an Internet click away. Some that you might look at are:

            www.earth911.org

            www.epa.gov/recyclecity/

            www.greenofficerecycling.com

            www.obviously.com/recycle

            www.nre-recycle.org

            www.recyclingtoday.com

There may also be businesses nearby you that have “been there and done that” and may be willing to share advice, strategies, plans, and programs. Why reinvent the wheel when you can think out of the box or upgrade the Idea. Have a good one. :)

Factors Affecting Availability Of Land For Agricultural Purpose

1.   Population Pressure: Increase in human population has created alternative uses of land for public utilities such as school, road, sewage etc. which makes land expensive to acquire.
2.   Land Tenure System: Land ownership in Nigeria does not make land available for large scale production.

Farmers who want to engage in large scale production find it difficult to acquire enough land for that purpose because of land ownership system

3.   Soil type: The type of soil in an area determining whether that soil will be available for farming or not, if the said type is loamy or clay it will be suitable for farming but if it is sand it will not be suitable.

4.   Topography: The slope of the land also determine availability of land for agriculture as hilly, mountainous and other forms of highlands is not suitable for agriculture as erosion will wash away any crop planted on such land.

5.   Climate: The climate of an area determines whether the land is suitable for agriculture or not.
 
Rainfall is the major determinant of crop distribution as area with heavy rainfall encourage tree crops production while area with low moderate rainfall favours food crop production

6.   Cultural practices: Cultural practices such as bush burning, deforestation etc. does not make land suitable for agricultural purpose.
   

A. Agricultural use of land       
   
1. Arable farming.
 
2. Livestock production.

3. Games reserve.
   
4. National park.

5. Forest reserve.

6. Agro-based industry.
   
7. Construction of dam and fish pond.
   
8. Farm settlement.
   
9. Horticulture.



B. Non-agricultural use of  land.

1. Farming and quarrying.

2. Construction of residential building.

3. Construction of road and rail.

4. Construction of industries.

5. Construction of schools and hospital.

6. Construction of stadia.

7. Construction of airport and seaport.