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    creating an unhygienic environment. People are so accustomed to plastic‚ that they find it a difficulty to part with and hence DEGRADABLE PLASTICS should be brought into effect to reduce the usage of plastic in our country. INTRODUCTION The explosion of technology‚ though makes our lives smooth and comfortable‚I think that it also bring with it certain disasters. The disaster is made by the users of the technology-the human beings. It is our behavior which affects the environment. It may be global

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    There are many things within our environment that can have negative effects on human health some positive and some negative. Examples of negative effects would include air quality‚ noise pollution‚ greenhouse effects and the ripple effect on the food supply. The air quality index is a measure of daily air quality‚ the Air Quality Index (AQI) tells you how clean or polluted your air is and what associated health concerns you should be aware of such as allergic reactions. Conversely‚ indoor pollution

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    interpreted incorrectly. This interpretation is consumerism. Consumerism is the myth that consuming will gratify an individual. Consuming can be purchasing anything from a yacht to a book. Consumerism is encouraged through advertising in corporate America. Advertising and consumerism go hand in hand because advertising is necessary for consumerism to play such a huge role in culture. In American culture‚ consumerism is a degenerative process. Consumerism is degenerative because it gives people a fake

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    Environmental pollution will dramatically decline if the authorities are not reluctant when it comes to making disposals more accessible so that a clean environment can be maintained. According to (SWMCOL 2010) in Trinidad and Tobago‚ the average person generates approximately 4 lbs of waste per day This amounts to approximately 1‚000 tons of waste that reaches the landfill sites per day Apart from this‚ large quantities of waste are also improperly disposed of‚ and as a result‚ pollute our streets

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    When something is added to the environment which is very harmful‚ poisonous or fatal to the animal‚ people surrounding it and other living things is called as pollution. In simple term pollution is a contamination by a chemical or other pollutant that renders part of the environment unfit for intended or desired use. It is triggered by industrial and commercial waste‚ agriculture practices‚ day to day human activities and most notably‚ modes of transportation and many the other sources. Pollution

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    Consumerism is Beneficial to U.S. Society Name Course Professor Date Consumerism is Beneficial to U.S. Society Consumerism can be defined in different ways. First‚ it refers to the policies or movement targeted at controlling the services‚ products‚ techniques and principles of sellers‚ manufacturers and advertisers in the interest of the purchaser. Such sort of control may be statutory‚ institutional‚ or exemplified in a charitable code agreed to by a specific industry‚ or it may occur

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    The Environmental Impact 95 percent of electronic waste is recyclable. However‚ unregulated recycling can cause more harm to the environment than landfilling. While many companies‚ such as Apple‚ have safe and effective recycling programs‚ the majority of recycling companies export some percentage of their electronic waste to China or poor countries in Africa‚ where the waste is “recycled‚” or destroyed and stripped of its valuable metals. Though this seems like a good thing on the surface‚ because

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    Each individual has his or her own ideas about many things‚ and there is no exception on the perception of a better life. Perception of a better life is not just about having a luxurious house or expensive car. Someone can be categorized as a successful person if he or she does not just have many expensive things‚ but also has good social status in society. To stand out and become well known in the public is certainly not an easy thing to achieve. Someone must have the courage to sacrifice what

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    The era of Industrialization during the late 19th Century had lasting effects on the American economy and political environment that remain in effect to this day. The American Industrial Revolution known as the Second Industrial Revolution‚ started off in Great Britain and made its way to America‚ then around the globe. It constituted the shift from hand labor to the manufacture of items utilizing machinery. Great efficiences were gained‚ both in the power to manufacture goods cheaply and efficiently

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    Macro Environment

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    and social trends. One technique used by organizations to monitor the environment is known as environmental scanning. It allows marketers to understand the current state of the environment‚ so that the organization can predict trends. The Macro Environment There are a number of common approaches for how the external factors‚ which describe the macro environment‚ can be identified and examined. These factors indirectly affect the organization but cannot be controlled by it. One approach is the

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