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    the term‚ “paper or plastic” came from? In 1977‚ Gordon Dancy revolutionized the consumer experience by inventing the plastic bag to replace the paper bag (Turner & Sutton‚ 2012). His intention was to save the trees that would need to be cut down to create paper bags; however in his quest for environmental preservation‚ he inadvertently created a worse evil. Plastic bags are everywhere; it is almost impossible to make a purchase today without receiving our items in a plastic bag‚ but how many of

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    to date about environmental issues * Have good communication skills * Able to interact and convince individuals * Have good presentation skills * Good at solving complex problems * Critical thinking ability * Work environment Environment

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    earth is the only planet in the universe which has an environment suitable for life. Water‚ land‚ and air are needed for survival. Earth provided these essential and human used them. One of the biggest problems that the enviroment is serious pollution. Pollution can be divided into three types : water pollution‚ land pollution‚ and air pollution. Paragraph 3: Another type of pollution is which has a remarkable influence on over environment is air pollution. Every year‚ there are a lot of smoke

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    Both the governmental and Non Governmental Organizations have been propagating afforestation programmes. Due to the industrial revolution many countries have seen the rapid decline in forests. Cutting of trees is not only a threat to the environment but also to the quality of life and to the economy also. Reasons for the decline in forests : Explosion of human and livestock population Increased demand of timer‚ and fuel wood Expansion of the agricultural land Construction of the infrastructure

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    issue of excessive usage of plastic bags in Singapore‚ and explores the possibility of reducing this usage by levying a fee when large retail outlets issue plastic bags. While some retailers feel that a formal governmental legislation should be passed before proceeding with the charge‚ others feel that retailers should implement these measures even without such mandatory policies. As this measure may potentially be feasible and effective in reducing the usage of plastic bags in Singapore‚ the government

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    Climate Change Beliefs and Cultural Values Controversy surrounding the public understanding of climate change is influenced by the deficit in cognition of scientific information. As a result the knowledge deficit‚ people turn to cultural differences for alternative explanations. In a straight forward explanation‚ the difference in opinions is a result of both ignorance and culture. This view aligns with Kahan et al.’s cultural cognition thesis‚ according to which the political disagreement about

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    Throughout Hamlet’s ordeal‚ he must interact with many people. Each interaction poses several possible ways to act‚ because of his obsessive nature‚ he often chose to sacrifice relationships in order to accomplish other goals and feel better about his situation. Many times‚ Hamlet could have tried to confront people concerning the way they were acting‚ but instead chose to ignore their existence‚ or in more extreme cases‚ end their existence. I can’t stress enough how different the situation could

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    BAD Starkist Tuna is now owned by Korea ‚ and is in big conflict with the U.S. Concerning quality‚ safety‚and records‚ which Korea refuses to provide. There have been several articles on Google about this‚ and even one that was defending the eating of tilapia said to avoid the fish that came from China . Also‚ I had just returned home from buying Albertson’s 4-day special of 4 bags of frozen tilapia for the price of one. Sure enough‚ on the top of the bags‚ it read "farm raised"‚ and

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    Plastic bags are not biodegradable‚ so they get littered onto a wasteland which causes soil erosion causing damage and harm to the trees. If plastic bags are burnt‚ they emit hazardous gases causing air pollution which causes damage on the ozone layer. The Plastic can be reduced by u not using lots of plastic and use things in yr homes then going to buy a plastic bottle from the shop. Plastic bags are made out of non-biodegradable substance.(not organic)Because they are durable they do not

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    replaced and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate; which leads to more pollution and exploitation of the environment. When goods are produced and thrown out there are consequences to the environment we must face in the future including‚ pollution from factories creating the goods‚ destroying of natural resources to create the goods and garbage in the landfills that are killing the environment from the throwing away of goods. Society has fallen into this trap of consuming goods at an alarming rate

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