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    My pet dog

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    anyways stralia bans plastic bags‚ in a couple of years time‚ all these issues would be on their way to being resolved and America’s government might think "Wow‚ we didn’t realise this was such a big issue! And look‚ 5 years ago Australias landfill was overflowing with top the animals will just get trapped in the other items that we replace plastic bags with such as cloth it could rap around them and smuther them almost 30% faster than any plastic bag couldand any heavier items could sink to the bottom

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    without paying for it and they are creating drought. Then they are bottling up this water in plastic bottles which are harmful to human health and selling back to the people for a huge profit. And finally these bottles are being put into landfills and overflowing and spilling into the ocean and hurting our environment. Big corporations

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    Did you know that we generate 21.5 million tons of food residuals annually? That’s a lot of wasted food. But according to greenwaste.com‚ if this food waste were composted instead of being sent to landfills‚ the resulting reduction in greenhouse gas emissions would be equivalent to taking more than two million cars off the road. We all have learned about the importance of recycling cans‚ bottles‚ and paper but food waste has been overlooked until recently. On October 21‚ 2009‚ San Francisco made

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    exactly is recycling and how beneficial is it really to us and the environment? Recycling is the process of turning one products useful parts into a new product; this is done to conserve on the consumption of resources‚ energy‚ and space used in landfills. Despite the education and awareness of global warming and the need to conserve Earths precious resources people worldwide continue to live as if there is no limit to our space and to our resources. Even the most conscious minded person

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    Bhutan Clean and Green

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    residents read again and again. But‚ are we anywhere close to it? Thimphu is definitely not clean. Litters everywhere. Overflowing drains. 40 tonnes of waste a day is a lot - 85% of the waste being recyclable. Overflowing Memelakha. And no proper waste management system in place. A few ideas flung here and there - whether to employ a private firm to manage the wastes dig another landfill or buy an incinerator (which I don’t really agree with). Make a decision and at least do something. Thimphu is not

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    produce a new one * Costs $4000 t process and recycle 1ton of plastic bags which then can be sold on the commodities for $32 * Study 1975 showed ocean going vessels together dumped 8million pounds of plastic annually * World landfills weren’t overflowing with plastic was because most * Every day over 10million new plastic bags are being created‚ that’s over 3.92 billion new plastic bags every year. * Every square mile of water contains 46‚000 bits of plastic litter * And

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    Carbon Footprint Analysis

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    Carbon Footprint Analysis Background Every year in the U.S. over 3.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions are released into the air‚ most of which are from human activities. The increased levels of carbon dioxide has been shown to cause global climate change (global warming). So how can you personally have an impact on global warming and the sustainability of the environment? First‚ you need to recognize how you contribute to the problem. Then you need to figure out how you can reduce

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    Bangladesh University of Textiles Submitted to Dr. Mohammed Mizanur Rahman Professor Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering University of Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Presented By Md. Ariful Islam MBA In Textile Program Bangladesh University of Textiles ID: 2013-3-5-020 PRESENTATION ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY Solid waste are wastes that are not liquid or gaseous The term solid waste means : Material such as household garbage‚ food wastes‚ yard wastes‚ and demolition

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    Don’t Mess with Texas Trash‚ garbage‚ junk‚ debris-all alternatively known as litter-scattered across the 268‚597 square miles of Texas on our highways and landscapes. Where former First Lady Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson aspired to see bright and colorful wildflower blanketing the great Texas countryside‚ oftentimes we only see disturbing amounts of garbage. This is what I aim to change. Through my school’s Key Club I have had the opportunity to have a positive impacts in reducing the "over

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    “SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MALAYSIA” PREPARED BY: SITI AZRYNNA BINTI MOHD AZANI Question 1 What is solid waste management? Solid waste management is another term for garbage management. Solid waste management is a system which handles any garbage‚ refuse‚ sludge from a wastewater treatment plant‚ water supply treatment plant‚ or air pollution control facility and other discarded materials including solid‚ liquid‚ semi-solid‚ or contained gaseous material‚ resulting from industrial

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