Today I am going to talk to you about whether recycling may be good or bad. I think that electronic waste, or E- waste, is bad. Now I know what your thinking,  “I thought recycling was a bad thing, Whaaaat?” I know, I know. I think this because our 17 global goals are 17 goals that our United Nation,(UN) has made to improve our world for sustainable development. We need to reach these goals by 2030. When people burn plastic to recover copper the fumes can get into the atmosphere and then, especially when done in open areas, can harm the environment. Which is effecting global goal #15: Life on Land. In a Newsela article I had read, it said, “Gold in electronics can be recovered using powerful chemicals.” “The leftover chemicals are often dumped, which can harm the water.” This means that excess chemicals are being dumped into the water. This effects #14: Life Below Water. Something good about E-waste is that we trade them to countries that think they are valuable.  Something that we could do about it is that we need to look at the big picture. Governments also think that this is a environmental problem. We also need to look at new information and it could change the way that we look at the problem. I hope you agree with me! Please help by taking our solutions, this is Margaret Cuthie signing off!