prevalence of reproductive disorder‚ including low birth weight‚ are common in areas located near existing and former landfills. And althought studies have produced equivocal results‚ “Cancer Cluster” are said to also exist areas within close proximity to landfills. Disposing waste has huge environmental impacts and can cause serious problems. In U.K much is buried in landfill sites holes in the ground‚ sometimes old quarries‚ sometimes special dug. Some waste will eventually rot‚ but not at all
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for the stuff we have bought. We are working harder in order to pay for more stuff and feel better. But there is a problem that what happens to all the stuff we bought and then threw away. The stuff changes to garbage and either gets dumped in a landfill or burned in an incinerator. Either way‚ both are polluting our planet. Even worse‚ the growing consumption results in excessive exploitation of natural resource which is limited in the planet. So there are damages at any stage of the lifecycle of
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release heat energy and therefore electricity. Despite their popularity in manufacturing products‚ the use of them is not sustainable as most are non-biodegradable so they will not break down in landfill. In 2001‚ the environmental agency reported that 85% of plastic disposal in the UK was in landfill. This figure is unacceptable especially as there are other ways of disposing of polymers‚ such as recycling. Recycling is a relatively new idea which started in the 1980s by recycling only a few polymers
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the only problem our society is facing. Packaging‚ large amounts of trash‚ and polluted landfills is causing trouble to America. When food is wasted‚ most of the time the packaging is too. When the packaging is not recycled it will end up in landfills causing pollution to our environment. But what about food waste? Foods that are rotten or old that are thrown in the trash will eventually get dumped in a landfill that will raise the greenhouse gas and harm our environment. Nearly 50% of the food in
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“12 million barrels of oil are needed to produce 100 billion plastic bags used in the United States each year‚” He said. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency only 5% of those bags are being recycled and the rest are thrown into landfills. He also says that plastic bags from Annapolis land in Chesapeake Bay and marine animals swallow them‚ mistaking them for jelly fish. “Estimates prepared by the New York City Department of Sanitation suggest that if each New Yorker would
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202 ADD ASSIGNMENT II SUMMARY WRITING (10%) Group Work Using your own words as far as possible‚ Summarize the given article. cHoosE oNE (1) ARTICLE ONLY. your summary which must be in continuous writing (NOT lN NOTE FORM)‚ must not be longer than 130 words including the 10 words given (at the beginning of the summary)’ and The summary must be typed using Times New Roman (12 font size) or Arial (11 font size) your printing must be in black. Baed on the passage given‚ write a summary
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Melissa McCormick Speech Com 1 Anneka Rogers 9‚ April 2012 Recycling Topic: Recycling General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my class to Recycle Intro: Imagine a whole forest being cut down just to store our garbage. This can be stopped if we recycle. Deforestation is a major issue today. This is because man is using natural resources to fulfill his needs. The increase of these demands has led to increasing levels of destruction of our natural resources. These resources
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computer graveyard Definition:-The computer graveyard is a recycling area used by CUIT to dispose of broken and/or old computers‚ monitors‚ printers‚ and various other computer component. Computer recycling is reuse of computers or other .It includes both finding another use for materials (such as donation to charity)‚ and having systems dismantled‚ in a manner that allows for the safe extraction of the constituent materials for reuse in other products. LIST OF FAMOUS COUNTREIES HAV Have you
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does not undergo bacterial decomposition‚ landfilling using plastic would mean preserving the poison forever. Any attempt to get rid of plastic through landfills is also dangerous. Apart form toxic seepage from the landfill resulting in the contamination of precious water sources‚ the waste mass impedes the flow of ground water. Landfills are also prone to leaks. The wastes‚ especially cadmium and lead in the wastes‚ invariably mix with rain water‚ then seep through the ground
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example‚ twenty-four thousand of waste is dumped daily including a staggering fifteen million plastic bags‚ enough to fill twenty-five buses. Apparently‚ if we recycled every plastic bottle we used‚ we would keep two billion tons of plastic out of landfills‚ WOW! Robert Alan once said “We can help educate our families and communities about the importance of recycling for our environment‚ and how each of us can make a difference for better world by recycling.” Let me now direct your attention on how
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