Waste and Energy Paper
Waste and Energy Paper
ENV/100
2013
Source of Paper, Mercury, & and Coal
To begin, Paper products are the largest causes of fossil fuels in the world. Almost everything humans use on a daily basis contains some sort of paper product, whether its cereal boxes, parking tickets, toilet paper, shopping bags, store receipts, food containers were all created by timber. The problem is by cutting down the timber to make these everyday products that greenhouse gas emissions are being released in the atmosphere. Also, to make that paper there are toxic chemicals, chlorine compounds, and other toxic ingredients must be mixed and that adds to the greenhouse gas emissions that make a deadly concoction to our planet. Deforestation is the result of the timber industry that is used to create the paper products. (Shapley, 10.2.2007).
Coal is the number one producer of electricity. It is a combustible organic rock that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Coal is mined in two different ways which are underground and surface mines. Coal makes a lot of things but the most popular things it makes are electricity, steel, cement, and liquid fuels. It’s the cheapest way to make power but also the dirtiest. It produces more than 80% of all power plant carbon emissions that is very bad to the atmosphere; it causes acid rain, smog, makes drinking water toxic and cancer. ("Coal", n.d.).
Mercury is a silent, deadly poison. It is natural and is found in air, water, rocks and even soil. It becomes dangerous when it goes airborne and that can come from Power plants, volcanoes and many factories. If it gets into water systems, it can cause death to anyone and anything that drinks it. Mercury is found in insecticides, disinfectants, rubber floors, jewelry, footwear and many things humans come in contact with everyday. Mercury waste gets into water by forms of rain runoff, irrigation systems and so forth which make the water it touches toxic and can cause reduced reproduction, slow
ENV/100
2013
Source of Paper, Mercury, & and Coal
To begin, Paper products are the largest causes of fossil fuels in the world. Almost everything humans use on a daily basis contains some sort of paper product, whether its cereal boxes, parking tickets, toilet paper, shopping bags, store receipts, food containers were all created by timber. The problem is by cutting down the timber to make these everyday products that greenhouse gas emissions are being released in the atmosphere. Also, to make that paper there are toxic chemicals, chlorine compounds, and other toxic ingredients must be mixed and that adds to the greenhouse gas emissions that make a deadly concoction to our planet. Deforestation is the result of the timber industry that is used to create the paper products. (Shapley, 10.2.2007).
Coal is the number one producer of electricity. It is a combustible organic rock that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Coal is mined in two different ways which are underground and surface mines. Coal makes a lot of things but the most popular things it makes are electricity, steel, cement, and liquid fuels. It’s the cheapest way to make power but also the dirtiest. It produces more than 80% of all power plant carbon emissions that is very bad to the atmosphere; it causes acid rain, smog, makes drinking water toxic and cancer. ("Coal", n.d.).
Mercury is a silent, deadly poison. It is natural and is found in air, water, rocks and even soil. It becomes dangerous when it goes airborne and that can come from Power plants, volcanoes and many factories. If it gets into water systems, it can cause death to anyone and anything that drinks it. Mercury is found in insecticides, disinfectants, rubber floors, jewelry, footwear and many things humans come in contact with everyday. Mercury waste gets into water by forms of rain runoff, irrigation systems and so forth which make the water it touches toxic and can cause reduced reproduction, slow