(upbeat music) - Good morning, Arkansas students and families.

It's Megan Ables back with you again this morning to play a little game.

And if you know miss Megan, you know she loves a good game.

So today we're gonna play a game called what's wrong with this photo.

So we're gonna look at three photos, and I want you to ask yourself, what in this photo negatively impacts our environment?

So here's photo number one, take a look, what's wrong?

Did you notice the aluminum can?

According to the Aluminum Association, $700 million worth of cans end up in our landfills in the United States.

Aluminum acts as a toxic agent in gill-breathing animals like fish.

It takes 15 kilowatts of electricity to produce just one kilogram or two pounds of aluminum.

Do you know that's enough electricity to power your home and my home for a half a day?

All you need to do, we can do it together, is get a proper recycling bin, and tell anyone who will listen to you about collecting cans, crushing them and taking them to be recycled.

If you can get a 1000 cans, you can get around $20 in your pocket.

Now, here's photo number two, ask yourself what is wrong with this photo?

Did you notice all of the pollution?

Motor vehicles collectively cause most of the carbon monoxide pollution in the US, a car's exhaust, emits hydrocarbons, a toxic compound of hydrogen and carbon.

Then we have US factories that produce 3 million tons, tons, that's a lot of toxic chemicals into the land, the land, the air and the water.

So together we can help.

Guys, I know you love to ride bikes or go for a walk or take your bus to school or ride with a friend.

Be sure when you leave the house, you turn off those lights switches.

And if you're not using a hairdryer or whatever, unplug it, and last but not least, when you go to the store with your family, ask them to get those energy efficient light bulbs.

'Cause that will make a difference.

Now, let's look at photo number three, ask yourself one more time, what's wrong with this picture?

Should the plastic bottles be in this photo?

Absolutely not, in fact, it takes several 100 years for bottles to decompose because it takes so long.

There are millions of water bottles in our landfills.

Then when it comes to the ocean, the plastic makes up most of the trash and it damages the sea creatures we love, the fish, the sea birds, the turtles and all the marine animals.

Guys together we can help, get a water bottle, take something to go be recycled, get creative, use plastic tubs to organize in your house, but do something.

I'm gonna tell you what my daughter says.

Mama why do people litter?

Why don't people make our earth a better place.

So guys go do it, make this Earth a better, cleaner place.

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