landfill where they are buried or to an incinerator where they are burned. This is only some of the ways our garbage can come back to haunt us. The pollution caused by garbage is a major problem in the world that could result in major health‚ space‚ and economic issues‚ and measures should be taken to reduce the amount of garbage produced‚ improve ways of removing garbage‚ and enforcement of garbage disposal laws. As the world population increases‚ so does the demand for products (Tesar 75). When we buy
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The problem with garbage is that it’s a sum zero game. Garbage has to go somewhere but nobody wants it in their backyard. It’s as if trash is deposited in the garbage can and somehow it’s supposed to disappear into some magic black hole. Problem is‚ there is no black hole. There isn’t even room for any more landfill. What was once thought to be a progressive solution - incinerating garbage - has become a major point of contention. Incineration of things such as plastics and medical waste raise serious
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Alex Ibarra ENG 150-274 December 12‚ 2012 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Living on this earth is a privilege and unfortunately we sometimes take advantage of it. Stories of deforestation‚ air and water pollution really make a person think of just how much our planet is being harmed. A major concern is water pollution. Water covers at least 70 percent of the planet which makes our rivers‚ lakes‚ and oceans essential. Many of these bodies of water are being polluted and although they may be
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch By: Niamh Leah Frances Edmonstone Imagine one day the whole ocean turning into a giant patch of toxic trash. People have been trashing the ocean for years‚ but now there is too much trash out there and it is destroying the environment and killing the marine life. If we don ’t try to stop this issue from escalating in the near future‚ The Great Pacific Garbage Patches size will increase rapidly and have huge effects on the planet we live on. Charles Moore‚ an oceanographer
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Oceanography 11/29/12 The Great Pacific Garbage Patch The North Pacific Ocean is home to the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. This gyre is created by the North Pacific Current‚ the California Current‚ the North Equatorial Current‚ and the Kuroshio Current‚ all rotating clockwise throughout the northern hemisphere. It expands over the Pacific from the North Pole to the Equator and from California to Eastern Asia. The NPSG currents create the largest ecosystem on Earth‚ but they have also created
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�PAGE � �PAGE �1� Garbage Patch The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and Our Plastic Ocean Bryan Taylor Environmental Science Dr. Tabone Februrary 1‚ 2009 Walking on any beach these days‚ you’re sure to find at least some form of plastic on the shoreline. Granted‚ there’s a lot of other stuff floating out in the sea‚ but unlike natural materials‚ plastic doesn’t degrade normally. Plastic bottles‚ containers‚ foam pieces made from polyurethane‚ and fishing lines are showing up in whole or pieces
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Environmental Justice: The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch 1 Environmental Justice: The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Structured Controversy Netanya Roden CORE 1000 Environmental Justice: The Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch 2 Trash can be observed congregating on the sides of roadways. This trash includes plastic bottles‚ papers‚ and cans. The trash seen along the sides of the road is even more pronounced when it is observed after a long winter’s thaw. Just like the sides of the road become
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Ru_888688The Great Pacific Garbage Patch‚ also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex‚ is a gyre of marine debris in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135°W to 155°W and 35°N and 42°N. ... Wikipedia In context The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean. education.nationalgeographic.com This gyre is similar to the North Pacific Gyre in the way it traps man-made marine debris in the North Atlantic Garbage Patch‚ similar to the Great
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Oceanic Garbage Patches‚ Plastic Soup Research Paper Kenneth M. Litwak II City University of Seattle Abstract There are five garbage patches in the world’s oceans. Very few people even realize they exist and many of those who do think these are islands of floating debris. Garbage Patches are more like plastic soup and as such are far more difficult to identify and even more difficult to clean up. The real Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo by Miriam Goldstein‚ Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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Growing our own Garbage Patch Jessica R. Willard City University Growing our Garbage Patch Planet Earth is comprised of approximately 75% water. 96% of that 75% is all ocean water. The ocean is actually one very large body of water that is divided up into different smaller oceans. The large body of water is called “The World Ocean” and the individual smaller oceans are “The Pacific Ocean”‚ “The Indian Ocean”‚” The Arctic Ocean”‚ and” The Atlantic Ocean.” In the past‚ oceans have been viewed
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