Mumbai’s Waste Disposal Problems The 110 hectare Deonar dumping ground rises up to seven stories high‚ the dumping ground was opened in 1927 and accepted approximately 1‚450‚000 tonnes of waste in 2006. Currently‚ the site has approximately 9.2 million tonnes of waste in place. Dr Neelam Rane‚ vice-president of Smoke Affected Residents Forum (SARF)‚ said‚ "Until now‚ we were agitated because garbage from all over the city was dumped but now we find even bio-medical waste is being incinerated here
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Rachel Hamilton Mrs. Martin English 111 “The Hidden Life of Garbage” 11 December 2014 Comprehension: 1. She says that landfills are tucked away to avoid people asking difficult questions about the sights they see. 2. The landfill’s “working face” is where the dumping takes place. 3. Rogers believes GROWS is aptly named because it is a mega-fill‚ and continues to grow. 4. The danger of the new state of the art landfills are that if any toxic wastes seeps into the near-by water treatment’s water
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Rogers argues in “The Conquest of Garbage” (Kirszner LG‚ Mandell SR eds. The Blair Reader‚ 7th ed. 2011) that although waste and garbage have many negative effects on the environment‚ it is still good for business. Of the many monuments of civilization‚ the Fresh Kills Landfill is one of them; it is the largest landfill. The United States is the world’s biggest producer of garbage. It is now harder to avoid producing waste and garbage. There are questions about garbage and where it goes that remain
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For people looking for "treasures" in garbage dumps‚ it has become a modality to visit the garbage dumps of the most prestigious schools. This is because mostly‚ students at higher-cost universities are rich‚ and these students get rid of their belongings no matter how good-looking their belongings are. Based on Eighner’s experience‚ many rich colleges students take advantage of their parent’s budget. This is because their parents have a wealthy living. Their parents give them what they want and
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household waste‚ industrial waste‚ nuclear power plants and so on. The problem of improper waste management is on the rise from day to day. If the waste products are not managed properly‚ it will cause a lot of bad influences to humans. The effects of improper waste management to humans are contamination of soil‚ floods‚ extinction of plants and animals‚ air contamination and depletion of ozone layer. Firstly‚ the improper waste management will bring up contamination of soil that will bring harms to
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answer many unclear questions about ocean garbage and just how badly it’s affecting the ocean and marine life. Rochman believes that a lot of the supposed “threats” that scientists say ocean garbage pose had not been tested at all‚ and that the scientists had an insufficient amount of information to prove that the debris is doing or going to do exactly what they claim. Rochman and her colleagues studied over a hundred papers on the subject of ocean garbage and it’s effects. Eighty-Three percent of
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to accept diversity into their community. My community‚ which is known as Princeton‚ was developed in the early 1800 ’s‚ and we are one of those communities. The most common issues with cultural diversity are race and gender. Although the majority of people in my community feel that the days of cultural diversity are long gone‚ I would have to beg to differ with them and bring to their attention a few of the opposing issues that still occur here in our community. As our textbooks have taught
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Cultural Diversity in My Community Cindy Kirkland Cultural Diversity February 18‚ 2007 Chino a community being so diverse‚ there is not enough cultural awareness. Leaders in the community treat people friendly‚ because they either know them already or read their personalities. In a diverse community‚ it is essential that the members of that community be aware of other members in the community. Knowledge is power and people can learn a lot by just paying attention to the actions of
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Race and My Community 1 All of my experiences and opinions on cultural diversity are derived from living my entire life in Bourbonnais‚ Illinois which is a culturally diverse town with approximately 30‚000 residents. According to the U.S. Census Bureau my community is made up of about 50% Caucasian‚ 41% African-American 0.27% Native American‚ 0.32% Asian‚ 0.03% Pacific Islander‚ and 1.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latinos of any race makes up 9.25% of the population. (U.S. Census
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where. The majority of the members of my community do look like me. My community has been predominately white for many years. The total population for my neighborhood is 63‚000 people. Of that number 34‚500 are whites‚ 16‚400 are African-Americans‚ 11‚900 are Hispanic‚ 2‚700 are Asians and 7‚000 are other races. The only way that members of my community look the same as I do is that we are all creatures of God. When you talk about members of the community looking different from me then we get
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