Find resources less harmful to the environment Do you know what one of the most harmful things to the environment is? Plastic! Plastic takes up to 400 years to break down in landfills. Styrofoam is also a harmful substance, because Styrofoam is nonrecyclable. You can't make Styrofoam into new Styrofoam. It is even worse than plastic because it takes over 500 years to decompose. I bet you didn't know that plastic film was bad either. We make enough plastic film to shrink-wrap the entire state of Texas! These are only a few of the plasticrelated things that harm the environment and animals. There are many other things that harm the environment, like paper, oil, cans and bottles. I hope that you will find and then use other resources that will be less harmful to the environment. Hopefully you will think twice about using plastic or at least use it less often and recycle it. Randy Larson Fifth-grade student Beers Street School Hazlet