newspapers‚ appliances‚ paint and batteries. It does not include medical‚ commercial and industrial hazardous or radioactive wastes‚ which must be treated separately. MSW is managed by a combination of disposal in landfill sites‚ recycling‚ and incineration. MSW incinerators often produce electricity in WTE plants. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends‚ "The most environmentally sound management of MSW is achieved when these approaches are implemented according to EPA’s preferred
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“Trashed” Essay From the perspective of space you can barely tell the effect humans have made on the earth. As you get closer‚ however‚ you can see the trash and impact we have truly caused. “Trashed” was influential to me because it opened my eyes to a different perspective. It showed me real world people in real world situations. I’ve ignored the facts and was ignorant to not think of the fact the world is deteriorating around me. I never really thought of where all our trash goes not only as
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Plastics are durable‚ lightweight materials that were invented in 1909. They are normally made from oil and natural gas. Using plastics to replace packaging materials such as metal and glass has allowed manufacturers to make packages that are more efficient. For example to bottle eight gallons of a beverage would take only two pounds of plastic but would take three pounds of aluminum‚ eight pounds of steel and 27 pounds of glass. The light weight of plastic packaging helps reduce transportation
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Case study: Mandur landfills Mandur is a sub-urban village in the vicinity of Bangalore. Once a sleepy village surrounded by mango orchards‚ grapevines and fields of ragi and jowar. Is now a victim of multistory apartments with the relentless expansion of Bengaluru city‚ which is rapidly overrunning Mandur’s landscape. Mandur‚ now known for it garbage landfills. The dumping of municipal waste is the direct effect of rapid urbanization and poorly planned construction. The landfills in mandur are
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The problem and solution of plastic Recently‚ plastic has become one of the most serious pollution problems in the world. According to a piece of news‚ it shows that every year worldwide plastic trash has been estimated at 260 million tons‚ and around ten percent ends up in the ocean. Many clean any more. As a result‚ in order to get back our beautiful ocean‚ people must recycle plastic and transform it into other energies. The tourism has become a great share that contributes to a country’s
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In this day and age when headlines today are screaming about the benefits of recycling‚ I think you should be ashamed if you are not really aware about the reasons why you should recycle. Recycling should be the order of the day and one needs to be aware about the importance of recycling today to have a better tomorrow. Take a look around you; does it not enrage you when people waste energy or even bits of paper for completely unnecessary things? Would it not be a wiser idea to incorporate discipline
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AP Environmental TED Video Notes Notes: • Styrofoam is one of the most polluting materials we use • Instead of Styrofoam we can use fungus to create a mycelium matrix which is a suitable‚ renewable‚ biodegradable replacement • In the US we recycle very little of our plastic • Only about 7% • Problems blocking the recycling of plastic include: many types‚ colors‚ many forms of plastic are of about the same density • Separating the different types of plastic are very difficult • In many
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Refuse single-use and disposable plastics The facts Plastic is forever Plastic creates toxic pollution at every stage of its existence: manufacture‚ use‚ and disposal. Plastic is a material that the Earth cannot digest. Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists‚ including the small amount that has been incinerated and has become toxic particulate matter. Plastic poisons our food chain In the environment‚ plastic breaks down into small particles that attract toxic chemicals
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Does it arrive in a landfill in India‚ in the Gulf Coast‚ or reused in other bottles? The research question that will be addressed is; how efficient is recycling‚ from the bin to reusable material‚ and how well does it reduce landfills compared to incineration? Answering this question will be useful for environmental scientists and other related fields to determine the importance and necessity of material recycling. Reducing landfills using recycling can help to clean the environment and atmosphere so
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problem. The government has suggested solving the problem by incineration. Incineration is a waste treatment which involves burning of organic material in rubbish. In the 11 November 2010‚ the Chief Executive Mr Donald Tsang invited an incineration plant in Tokyo. With the advanced technology from Japan‚ the plant can reduce the size of waste by 90%‚ which can save a lot of space for the landfill. Many people may think incineration can cause environment problems as the pollutants emitted in the
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