Recommendation to Implement a Computer Recycling Program At Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Prepared for: Stephanie Dekel Prepared by: Don Bennett May 10‚ 2013 Abstract Recommendation to Implement a Computer Recycling Program At Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Prepared by: Don Bennett You don’t have to
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strength‚ insoluble in water‚ non-toxic and biodegradable ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTES: * Biopol is a biodegradable material‚ so it has a smaller impact on the environment than other polymers such as polyethylene (i.e. reduces rubbish levels in landfills) * Biocompatible material‚ which can be dissolved by enzymes in the body. This means that any surgical applications don’t have to be removed from the body * Renewable resource * Very expensive to manufacture; low demand therefore not
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that 25-30% of landfills are solely dedicated to plastics‚ including styrofoam. This Means that almost 1/4th of all our landfills are being filled with styrofoam or other plastics. This number can be reduced greatly if the findings of this experiment were to be taken up by others. Another harm that is presented by the lack of recycling of styrofoam is polystyrene takes at least five hundred years to decompose. This means that all that 25-30% of styrofoam which occupies the landfills will remain their
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Global warming and can it be prevented Name SCI 207 Instructor Date Global warming and can it be prevented We have to face the fact that global warming is now a part of the planet‚ and may be due to the actions of humans making it human-caused. One of the causes of global warming is greenhouse-gas effect. It will continue for centuries even if and when greenhouse-gas emissions are stabilized in the future. Humans are helping to cause global warming by "Fossil fuel use‚ agriculture
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Currently‚ due to the boosting economy and enhancing consumption of energy and other various resources‚ Australia becomes extremely flourishing. However‚ as a consequence of this‚ an increasing number of wastes are producing by local residents. Before looking at the cause of waste overproducing‚ it is important to take a view of the definition of the waste. More specifically‚ according to Healey (2010)‚ waste is generally defined as the materials that individuals have no desire to use and is planning
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States Environmental Protection Agency oversees a variety of waste issues. These include regulation of hazardous wastes‚ landfill regulations‚ and setting recycling goals. More specific recycling legislation is localized through city or state governments. Further regulation is reserved for individual states to create. State regulation falls into two major categories: landfill bans and recycling goals.” (Wikipedia‚ 2008) So basically we need to start small to go big. All that is needed is participation
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Recycling is known to be beneficial to the environment if done on a massive scale. The question is whether or not recycling should be made mandatory. There are many benefits to recycling and there are disadvantages as well. Some benefits include reducing waste‚ cost effectiveness‚ and education of the public on the consequences we will run into if we do not recycle. One of the benefits of making recycling mandatory is that it helps lessen the waste to the environment by allowing us to use certain
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Patrice Morris January 30‚ 2012 Com/156 Body Paragraphs Recycling and waste prevention are two very important ways to help address the issues of the environment concerning climate change. Recycling is a very beneficial factor that more individuals need to exercise in order to improve the environment’s pollution‚ reduce emissions of greenhouse gases‚ and save energy and natural resources that are used to produce products from virgin materials rather than from recycled materials‚ which uses less
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next week‚ next year.” (Rose). It is our way of life. We may fight to get the last shirt off of the rack or the last pair of shoes left‚ but we always know there will be more. It’s a never ending cycle that is slowing destroying our nation landfill by landfill‚ consumer by product.
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needed for recycling compared with plastic bags. 7. Degradability versus sustainability: All degradability involves the total loss of the basic materials and the creation of both the land and airborne pollution. Plastic films help to stabilize landfill and will not produce the ground-water
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