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Many organizations within the United States believe that America has been struck with a "trash crisis"‚ however‚ this is not truly case from the recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) facts for 2010. Before‚ we start let us take a moment to discuss what trash or municipal solid waste (MSW) is. MSW is the collection of commonly used items that discarded by the general populace‚ many of these include packaging‚ food scraps‚ grass clippings‚ sofas‚ computers‚ tires and house appliances (EPA).
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aspx#ixzz1IFhxrLeR E-waste or electronic waste consists of broken and unwanted electrical or electronic devices and peripherals such as computers‚ monitors‚ printers‚ batteries‚ mobile phones‚ televisions‚ lamps and others. E-waste usually finds a place in landfills or faces incineration‚ and both these options raise serious environmental and health issues. Recycling or processing e-waste to extract the minerals trapped inside and reusing the rest of the components is a viable solution to solve the menace of
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UNIT 203 Work in a Business Environment Knowledge & Understanding 1.1 Describe what is meant by diversity and why it should be valued. Diversity means different individuals valuing each other regardless of intellect‚ age‚ disability race or religion. Diversity should be respected and valued because everyone is different and can offer an alternative perspective. Everyone should be treated equally because everyone has something to offer and everyone has a strong factor/skill that they can
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What You Can Do to Reduce Waste There are many actions we can take to reduce the amount of waste we generate or that we send to the landfill. Challenge yourself‚ your family‚ and even friends to to see just how much waste you can reduce from your weekly curbside pickup. Can you reduce your weekly waste by 25%‚ 30%‚ or even 50%? Below are some tips to help you. * Reuse products. If you do not have a recycling program in your community or if the material or product is not currently recyclable
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Recycling: make it the law? In 2013 we produced 254 million tons of waste. Of this 254 million tons: we recycled 34%‚ which isn’t a bad number. But of the rest of our waste that ends up in landfills: half could be recycled. That’s 84 million tons of waste that could be reused. So why are we just letting it get buried with the rest of our garbage? Recycling may be expensive and inconvenient in the beginning. But research shows the long term benefits of mandatory recycling programs. These benefits
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According to Feeding America (2015)‚ more than six billion pounds of fruits and vegetable go unharvested or unsold each year. The reason? Aesthetic trifles. It is a beauty pageant. Due to overly severe quality standards‚ healthy and delicious produce is rejected and thrown away. Neff‚ Spiker‚ and Truant (2015) state‚ In the United States‚ forty percent of post-harvest food supply goes to waste and this waste has immense harmful environmental‚ ethical‚ and economic consequences. Imperfect produce
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Water Pollution: Is it as big of a problem as we think? The following essay will be looking at the factors that cause pollution‚ and the effect that pollution has on our world today. It will also investigate what it has in store for the future if things do not improve. It will also explore some of the methods used to treat and clean-up wastewater‚ and oil spills. Today‚ the industrialization of Canada is severely affecting this nations lakes‚ streams‚ and rivers. If something is not done
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initiating the depletion of our resources and the destruction of our environment. The people of the United States‚ in their quest for material products‚ are causing catastrophes‚ such as the greenhouse effect‚ hazardous wastes‚ and a growing number of landfills. This in turn pollutes the planet and catalyzes global warming.      Greenhouse effect has been reeking havoc with the natural balance of the planet. The major agents contributing to the greenhouse effect are the product modern society
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(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 unanswered such as: will we run out of places
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