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Shells are beautiful and many people love to collect them. Shells are the protective covering of soft bodied animals called molluscs. There are many types and classes of molluscs. Each class of molluscs has a distinct type of shell. A shell has many parts that are named protoconch, sculpture, varix, spiral sculpture, suture, sprial ribs, inner lip, out lip, etc.

Five major types of shells

1. Gastropoda
2. Bivalvia
3. Cephalopoda
4. Amphineura
5. Scaphopoda

Gastropods have s single shell which is usually coiled such as in snails, limpets and whelks. Bivalves have two shells or valves which are usually equal in size and are joined by a hinge. Mussels and oysters have these. Cephalopods usually have no shell or have shell outside or inside the animal’s soft body. They also have tentacles. Examples are squid, octopus and cuttlefish. Amphineura have a flexible shell. Scaphopods start off wth tiny bivalves that fuse together later on to form a tapering tube with open ends.

If you want to learn more about seashells, here is a great book. The book contains both photographs and text regarding shells. The shells are arranged in a variety of settings from natural to artful and we see the grandeur and beauty of these objects that we often take for granted.

Seashells

If you can make recycling your hobby, it would be great for you, your community, and the world at large. But, recycling is usually not people’s first choice of hobbies. Most think that it is a chore to have to recycle and they do it as often as they take thrash out.

What is recycling?

Recycling involves processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for “conventional” waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production. Recycling is a key component of modern waste management and is the third component of the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” waste hierarchy.

What materials can be recycled?

Recyclable materials include many kinds of:

• glass,
• paper,
• metal,
• plastic,
• textiles, and
• electronics.

Although similar in effect, the composting or other reuse of biodegradable waste – such as food or garden waste – is not typically considered recycling. Materials to be recycled are either brought to a collection center or picked up from the curbside, then sorted, cleaned, and reprocessed into new materials bound for manufacturing.

If you want to explore the option of recycling and possible incorporate it into your everyday life, then this is an interesting book to read.

Why Do We Recycle?: Markets, Values, and Public Policy

Buy Chickens: Tending a Small-Scale Flock for Pleasure and Profit (Hobby Farms) (Paperback) at Amazon