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    Was it worth all of it? This could go both ways. It could be good for making steam engines‚ and factories to produce objects more quickly. It could be bad for the pollution that was put of the factories and the waste that was dumped in rivers and landfills. It has good and bad but mostly good. The industrial revolution was a time in the 18th and 19th century where machines and all sorts of technology began to rise in the cities. It all began in britain in the late 1700s‚ things such as the steam engine

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    or automobile it is difficult to look beyond the price tag at the going green investment. While most citizens believe they are making a difference by recycling‚ the truth is a large percentage of our curbside recycling is either burned or sent to landfills because it has been contaminated due to ineffective recycling procedures‚ or it ends up traveling long distances‚ which increases the cost and air pollution (Kaiser‚ 2010). All of these facts prove that going green is not cost effective because the

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    terrible dark smoke that contains poisonous mixes (due partially to the oil and different items utilized as a part of assembling tires). Hence‚ the industry can’t dispose the tires straight away at the vacant places. Tires are additionally an issue in landfills:

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    Air Pollution

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    Abstract: Definitions and classifications used in the study of air pollution are introduced. lsointroduced are a brief history of air pollution‚ its regulation‚ and trends of its ambient concentrations and emissions. Keywords: Anthropogenic‚ biogenic‚ geogenic emissions biogenic‚; primary and secondary pollutants; criteria‚ hazardous‚ radioactive‚ indoor pollutants; sulfur smog‚ photochemical smog; UN-ECE‚ US-EPA‚ Clean Air Act. Air pollution spreads easily as it travels into the atmosphere.

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    waste is the post-consumer market. American citizens throw away millions of tons of garbage each year‚ and this trash has to go somewhere. While there are projects underway to clean and reuse this refuse most of it gets dumped into huge landfills. These landfills are disgusting festering blisters on our country’s landscape. But people continue to consume and throw away more and more in the name of convenience. As they see it‚ when things get old‚ throw it away and get a new one. They blame the

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    Common Sense and Viewpoints 1. Unpopular community facilities – 2011 AL Page 1 Think about! – Locate unpopular facilities in residential areas  What kinds of facilities are unpopular?  Why many people in community oppose these facilities? What are their arguments?  How to strike a balance between the residents’ viewpoints and the needs of constructing some unpopular community facilities? Page 2  How to persuade the residents to accept unpopular facilities in

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    in four minutes? Another popular source of waste is the post-consumer market. When you take your garbage to a landfill‚ do you really think that you are getting rid of the problem? American citizens throw away millions of tons of garbage each year‚ and this trash has to go somewhere. While there are projects underway to clean and reuse‚ most of it gets dumped into huge landfills. Then all of the pollutants seep out and get into the water we drink ‚ our oceans‚ our lakes‚ into our crops and kills

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    Recycle or Not

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    consumption‚ since it generally takes less energy to recycle a product than to make a new one. Recycling causes less pollution than manufacturing a new product‚ and conserves raw materials. Recycling also decreases the amount of waste sent to landfills or incinerators. (Ackerman) Although people have always reused things‚ recycling as we know it today emerged as part of the modern environmental movement. We recycle because it is good for the environment. To encourage recycling many communities

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    Municipal Solid Waste

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    separately. MSW is managed by a combination of disposal in landfill sites‚ recycling‚ and incineration. MSW incinerators often produce electricity in WTE plants. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends‚ "The most environmentally sound management of MSW is achieved when these approaches are implemented according to EPA’s preferred order: source reduction first‚ recycling and composting second‚ and disposal in landfills or waste combustors last." http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/index

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    How to We Save the Earth

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    of mirrors that transform sunlight into solar energy. Solar energy can help heat water and power home appliances. Solar energy is a great source of clean‚ non-polluting energy. The idea of a landfill is a great one‚ but it won’t work if people continue to believe it is a place for all trash. A landfill is a big divot dug out of the earth for garbage disposal. We can help‚ The problem with these plans is that not every one contributes to the efforts to reduce pollution and waste‚ in fact most

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