Frito Lay cares about the air we breathe. The average person generates 4.3 pounds of waste a day. Their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint as an organization is vital. A company of this size sending less than 1 percent of their waste to the landfill is making a difference. ("How much do we waste daily? | Center for Sustainability & Commerce at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions‚" n.d.) The Financial Mission Frito Lay annual sales are increasing. Kaplan (2016) reports
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over 230 million tons of trash is produced each year. Less than 25 percent of that waste is recycled and the rest ends up in landfills‚ incinerated or in ditches and roadsides. Improper garbage disposal isn’t just an eyesore; it poses a serious threat to nature. Soil Contamination It is important to learn the basics of recycling so that the waste that does end up in landfills can be disposed of properly. Plastics‚ metals‚ papers and certain types of glass can all be recycled at your local recycling
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PSYC 434: ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY WASTE DISPOSAL WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO SOLID WASTE Adeniji Ayodele (10317112) 9TH March‚ 2013. With an increase in industrial development
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wood and metal. Waste is stuff we throw into the garbage because we do not want to use it no more. It’s stinky and filling up the landfill sites. We are littering and polluting the land‚ water and the air we breathe. It’s just too easy to throw papers and other stuff you don’t need on the ground. Too much garbage hurts our environment and the animals. When the landfills are full‚ where are we going to put all that garbage?! We don’t want it in our backyard! Instead of recycling‚ we throw most of our
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Managing our Solid Waste: An Overview of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act Much had been written about the worsening problem of solid waste in Metro Manila and other urban centers in the country. Even more were fora‚ seminars and conferences conducted to discuss ways of solving the problem. For how long would it take us to attain a zero waste economy‚ no one knows. But‚ one thing is sure - time is running out and WE need to act NOW! Why WE? The answer is simple‚ but at the same time
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step to reduce the waste we generate. The less use of our natural resources and the more use of our recycled products protects us from more air pollution‚ water pollution‚ and also saves energy. Reusing what we have not only saves resources but also landfill spaces. Making the change from plastic to paper or even carrying our own bags into the store is easy and also saves thousands pounds of floating debris from entering the ocean. Everything can be reused to make something new just like taking our old
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What can we do to Stop Global Warming? Climate change may be a big problem‚ but there are many little things we can do to make a difference. If we try‚ most of us can do our part to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases that we put into the atmosphere. Many greenhouse gases come from things we do every day. As we have learned‚ these greenhouse gases trap energy in the atmosphere and make the Earth warmer. Some of these gasses occur naturally while others are caused by humans. The most common of
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Chapter II Review of Related Literature This chapter presents the reviews of literature‚ which are related and relevant to the study. To obtain information for this study‚ the researcher used books and websites on the internet and copies of different theses. Documentary films a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another‚ to “document” reality. Although “documentary film” originally referred to movies shot on film stock‚ it has subsequently expanded
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that disposing of electronic equipment by traditional methods—such as dumping in landfills—is harmful to the environment. It is intuitive to people that placing large items that will never completely break down in landfills is a wasteful use of land‚ but the reasons for special treatment of electronic waste go beyond that. Electronics contain hazardous materials that can harm the planet if placed untreated in landfills. Also‚ many electronic devices contain valuable materials that can be reused‚ thereby
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and mining. A sanitary landfill is the most common method of disposal of solid waste by compacting it and burying it under a shallow layer of soil. The location of a sanitary landfill must take into account the geology of the area‚ soil drainage properties‚ the proximity of surface waters and wetlands‚ and distance from population centers. Despite design features such as high-density plastic liners and leachate collection systems‚ most sanitary landfills have the potential to contaminate
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