Today I chose to try to persuade everybody into helping every body in this world now and for generations ahead‚ it sounds like a pretty big task but really its very simple. All you need to do is recycle. Recycling is a very needed thing in order to keep this planet from turning into a trash dump. Between 1960 and 1986 the amount of American trash has grown 80% from 87.5mill tons to 157 tons per year‚ not including the 90 million tons created by industry every year. In 1988 over 70% of the landfills
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Toni Morrison: Rags to Riches In the mid twentieth century‚ the Civil Rights Movement influenced African-American writers to express their opinions. Most African-American writers of the time discussed racism in America and social injustice. Some authors sought to teach how the institution of slavery affected those who lived through it and African-Americans who were living at the time. One of these writers was the Toni Morrison‚ the novelist‚ who intended to teach people about all aspects
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The project is to investigate if the teenagers nowadays really waste lots of food or they treasure food. As nowadays‚ the landfill sites in Hong Kong are almost full. The ways to deal with the rubbish is a concern. But at the same time‚ the number of wastes is also a concern in the society. Food waste will also be poured into the landfill. As they are the future pillar‚ the future society is depended on them. Therefore‚ it is important for the teenagers to know how to use the resources wisely. We
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Land fill site A landfill site is an area of land that is used to dump rubbish‚ either directly on the ground (land rising) or filling an unwanted hole in the ground (landfilling). We need landfill sites to dispose of rubbish that cannot be reused or recycled. New technologies are being developed to reduce the amount of rubbish that is sent to landfill each year; Energy Recovery Facilities (ERF) and composting. There are many advantages and disadvantages in a landfill. Some of the advantages
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It saves money. For most folks‚ recycling is free and/or cheaper than hauling away landfill garbage. Many communities either have or are running out of landfill space. Once the existing landfill space is used up‚ either a new landfill must be built (typically expensive and payed for through increased taxes)‚ or the garbage must be hauled off to a different area to be dumped (expensive and payed for through increased garbage rates). And‚ ev en so there will come a time that there will be no nice alternatives
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Swimming in Waste: An Analysis of the Documentary film The Dive Jeremy Seifert’s informative documentary The Dive looks deeper into the American enigma of how and why we have 96 billion pounds of food waste a year in our country when 1 billion people a day are starving worldwide. Seifert tells his viewers’ information that can prove there in lay a serious problem. For example there is 96 billion pounds of food wasted every year in America which is enough to feed the nation of Haiti for 5 years
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Everyday trash gets thrown on the side of the road and in other public areas like parks‚ schools‚ and neighborhoods. When trash gets left in these areas for a long time‚ some of the metals‚ plastic‚ and foods can harm plants‚ animals‚ even humans. The Litter Bot is an Adafruit that can pick up trash. Redbots or Adafruits are kits that can be put together to create a machine that is programed using Arduino to do tasks that can help provide a service for society‚ improve quality of life‚ and will
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Have you ever thrown a banana peel out of a car window because it is “bio-degradable"? If so‚ you have broken the law. Littering is against the law‚ but the crime is often ignored. There are many reasons why people litter‚ but in reality there is no excuse that justifies littering. A rebirth of the no littering campaign (capitalize No Littering when referring to the campaign) would keep our world clean‚ save money‚ and prevent accidents. Littering is a serious problem that people do not realize
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On On Dumpster Diving Eng121. In the many subcultures of the Twenty First century dumpster diving is a casual activity. Dumpster diving being the act of taking‚ used goods out of a dumpster for personal use. I personally adorn many dumpstered clothing items. In the essay On Dumpster Diving by Lars Eighner‚ he talks about dumpster diving through his experiences being homeless‚ living with his dog‚ and dumpster diving to sustain his life. He postulates how much of what we consume is wasted. Eighner
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I think recycling is a good thing because if you take your trash to a landfill it’ll just sit there for years. But if you recycle your cans and things like that you can just reuse them. But I also think recycling is bad because you don’t know where the can came from and you don’t know where it’s been sitting‚ or how long it’s been sitting there. One detail in the paragraph says "The goal is to reduce the amount of waste we add to the county landfill by 90% over the next five years." I think
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