trash has grown 80% from 87.5mill tons to 157 tons per year‚ not including the 90 million tons created by industry every year. In 1988 over 70% of the landfills were closed‚ the US government then had to figure out how we were going to deal with this huge amount of trash each year. The 4 main solutions they came up with were opening more landfills‚ incineration‚ shipping out of the country‚ and oh yeah Recycling. Three out of these four were very bad‚ both ecologically and ethically. But the fourth
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1 February 7‚ 2014 English 1120 Brain Damage Caused By Heavy Marijuana Use " There is always the argument that marijuana is not harmful like other drugs and that it is okay to use it. A study conducted by a team of researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 2009 may prove those people wrong. The study showed that young teens who are heavy marijuana smokers during the adolescent stage of growth can actually harm and disrupt the growth of the brain. ScienceDaily released
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the tobacco use! • Both‚ smoking (cigarette‚ Bidi) and chewing tobacco (gutkha‚ pan-masala etc.) leads to cancers of many parts of body (mouth‚ lung‚ windpipe‚ foodpipe‚ stomach‚ etc.) • 56.4% of cancers in men and 44.9% of cancers in women are caused by tobacco in India. • India has the largest number of the mouth
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What is Land Pollution? Land pollution can be defined as acts occurring on an area resulting in colour change‚ fertility‚ and erosion. It is caused by waste in the form of liquid or solid. Introduction to Land Pollution The presence of chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment Results in a change of the soil quality Affects the normal use of the soil Endangering public health and the living environment Causes of LAND POLLUTION
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himself and the community. But most of us don’t know the actual affects and damages shoplifting makes. Not only does it cost the shoplifter money‚ but also the store and its customers and the whole community. It is a large chain reaction of costs and damages that would otherwise be unnecessary to everyone. So I think there needs to be more awareness to this illegal act. To start off‚ the shoplifter does cause a lot of damage and problems to those around them‚ not just to themselves. Most often when
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Turn landfill problem into history With the wasteful lifestyle of Hong Kong citizens‚ the 4 major landfills in Hong Kong are going to be saturated. From the government’s words‚ these landfills will be fully saturated before late 2010s. The situation is getting worse in these years‚ as people have no improvement in their consumption style. They are not aware of their responsibility on reducing waste. Also‚ people cannot develop the routine on recycling‚ and send much unnecessary rubbish to the landfill
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Research Assignment (Essay) 30 marks Title: Damage of the environment is an inevitable consequence of worldwide improvements in the standard of living. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Your essay should be between 800 and 900 words long. Both drafts must be typed‚ double spaced‚ fully referenced in-text and with a complete end text reference list. Collusion or deliberate plagiarism will result in a grade of 0%. Your tutor will provide you with a selection of sources. You must refer to
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How have representation of people and/or places confirmed or challenged your values and attitudes? Refer to at least one written text studied in class. An autobiography account The Damage Done‚ written by Warren Fellows‚ illustrates his time of imprisonment in Bangkok. During Fellows time in Bangkok‚ he was convicted of heroin trafficking between Australia and Thailand and was sentenced to prison called Bang Kwang for twelve years. In this autobiographical account‚ Fellow outlines the squalid
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Landfill is a main way of waste management in Hong Kong‚ but it may not be a sustainable way to solve or relieve the garbage problem. Moreover‚ landfill also will eventually saturate. It’s an urgent problem to stakeholders. In fact‚ an annual average of more than one million tons of wastes are produced in Hong Kong. Landfill is not the only way the government can plan for waste disposal. Building an incinerator to relieve the refuse pressure is also viable. In fact‚ a lot of waste is dumped without
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distance between a landfill and habitable houses. Lack of modern technology in the existent landfill. As the EPA said‚ the landfill was missing cell liners‚ leachate collections pipes and layers. Lack of funding‚ even though it is not mention in the news‚ it is obvious that a government infrastructure which has received many complains along the year without being changed‚ it is due to insufficient funds. On the other hand they would have never decrease distance between landfill and neighbourhoods
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