Let’s Talk About Pollution . . . Water Landfills and Dumps and more Water Pollution (all these facts come from the website Grinning Planet at http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/07-26/water-pollution-factsarticle.htm) What are the water sources that we are concerned about in Gary? We get our drinking water from Lake Michigan Well water comes from groundwater All Gary residents drink city water which comes from Lake Michigan. Our health is affected by water quality in many
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To the average person driving through a neighborhood and spotting a community garden‚ the values of that garden can be greatly overlooked. “A community garden is any piece of land gardened by a group of people. The land may produce fruit‚ vegetables‚ and/or ornamentals.”(“Community Gardens”). The majority of community gardens are located in neighborhoods‚ schools‚ and public institution areas‚ such as hospitals. Community gardens are beneficial to the community in many ways such as in economic benefits
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weeks or even months before they are considered suitable to be used as fertilizer or soil amendments. This is the kind of method we know that has long been practiced since centuries ago. Composting was invented to overcome consume of space in landfills beginning in the 1920s in Europe as well as a tool for organic farming. The first industrial station for the transformation of urban organic materials into compost was set up in Wels/Austria in the year 1921.Early frequent citations for propounding
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should recycle for various reasons; landfills are dangerous to our health‚ recycling saves money and the ozone layer is deteriorating. To begin with‚ landfills are treacherous to both our health and environment. Recycling can reduce the chances of trash being thrown into landfills and lessen both air and water pollution. Not all the waste that’s thrown away is recyclable‚ but recycling a small amount of trash can make a change in our environment. Landfills are composed of tons of trash mixed together
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materials for American paper and paper mills. The average American uses 18 tons of paper‚ 23 tons of wood‚ 16 tons of metal‚ and 32 tons of organic chemicals in one lifetime. The oil from an oil change in a car can end up in oceans‚ sewers‚ and landfills‚ contaminating millions of gallons of water. These and other facts show us that our world cannot continue to sustain this amount of waste. Conservation and recycling need to become more frequent actions. (Clean Air Council Waste Facts and Figures
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negatively affected by the environment. ”This study found that of 27 hazardous-waste landfills capacity -- were located in the five southern states: Alabama Louisiana‚ Oklahoma‚ south Carolina‚ and Texas.(Source2:10)” Places like Tallahassee and Florida is being targeted as well. “Another reminder came when a garbage transfer station nobody wanted ended up at the edge of Clewiston near the predominantly black Harlem neighborhood in 1992”(Source1:3). Clewiston city was becoming a dumpster and people was hoping
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The most important benefit is that we will have cleaner air. Planting more trees in our neighborhood can have one of the greatest impacts on us. Another important benefit it will have on us is that we will have cleaner water in our ecosystem. Recycling can also clean our environment and make our state look very good and better than others. It
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services‚ as well as the livelihood of its inhabitants. This background paper will analyze the environmental risks of waste disposal in Asuncion‚ Paraguay and how that affects the land as well as the people. An overview will be made on the Cateura Landfill‚ its residents and workers‚ initiatives proposed by locals‚ as well as those made on a global scale. Through research it seems that small but conscious efforts are being made by government and residents of the city to regulate better waste management
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many months of searching for employment unsuccessfully‚ she began to mow the lawns of her neighbors for income while she continued to look for employment. When she failed to gain employment‚ she decided to go into business for herself maintaining neighborhood lawns. In the beginning‚ the business was slow‚ but once the word got out about her lawn service business‚ she began to obtain many clients. Hazel believed that she could earn a living from her new business and eventually hired 2 part-time
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SWOT Analysis for Seneca Falls This SWOT analysis provides a summary of the primary strengths of Seneca Falls‚ New York as a location of business‚ outlining the various opportunities for economic growth‚ as well as the issues that might shape or impede those opportunities. The strengths include all of the available and valuable assets‚ which can be improved on or preserved. The weaknesses are ideally the short terms drawbacks and challenges that should be addressed to prevent potential long term
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