Importance of Recycling Essay

Through a look at my consumption, it is easy to say that I consume the way I do because it has always been the same. I have never been the person to make as much trash as possible; I have always been conscious about my impact on the environment from a young age. Carrying around the bag of trash for this assignment, I realized that most of what I throw away consists of food wrappers, paper products, and plastic McAlisters cups. I did not keep any of the hygene items in the bag, but I do have a…

Up until March of 2001 all of the trash from New York burrows was dispersed in one area. This resulted in 11 thousand tons of garbage a day creating a mountain of 180ft (about 18 stories high). That is now a large mountain where this podcast begins. This use to be the biggest dump, but now it is getting turned into a park, with restaurants and a golf course. Underneath it all, the garbage will all still be there. Fifty years of trash underneath all new development. The history contained in this…

Submarine waste can range in many different aspects. Cardboard can be stored on board due to less weight; as for cans, they have to be added to the waste streams of the submarine. The combined compacted volume of food contaminated plastic and paper is less than 0.01 ft^3, which means this waste can be stored under the Annex V because of the eliminated storage. Submarines prefer to keep storage in food storage due to precautions to bypass contamination of unused supplies, which is needed for the…

Although recycling is now common across the country, there is still much room for improvement. The EPA estimates that seventy five percent of municipal solid waste is recyclable, but the US only recycles about thirty five percent. Improving recycling rates is one way that we can ensure a sustainable future of waste management. One example of a successful recycling program is in San Francisco where they enforce mandatory recycling and composting, the goal: zero waste by 2020. They have already…

Food waste is one of the biggest problems that affect the environment and wastes precious resources in Australia faces that needs to stop. Imagine in the future where water is sparse and the land has been tortured and reduced to a place where there is an abundance of waste. This will be our future if we don't take action now against food wastage. Currently in Australia and the world, food waste is an extreme problem. As a nation, we must take action otherwise food waste will cause more…

Recycling Research Paper Ever since elementary school, we’re taught to recycle. They usually do not tell us why it’s so important to recycle or what it does for the world, but they just say to recycle. So some adhere to what we’re told and others just pass it by as if it were nothing. Maybe if we were told why we should do it, more people would actually take the time out of their day and recycle. When we here the word “recycle,” we think of soda cans, water bottles, and plastic material, but…

B. We were raising awareness for soil pollution throughout the world. Soil pollution is the contamination of soil with harmful substances that can adversely the health or the soil and the health of those living on it. C. Industrial activity has been the biggest contributor of soil pollution. Since the amount of mining and manufacturing have significantly increased, most industries are dependant on extracting minerals from the Earth. This is industrial activity. Whether it is iron ore or coal,…

William Rathje began the Garbology project as an attempt to analyse the contemporary North American society and its consumption habits using the discard and rubbish of the material culture of the time. The anthropological project started in the 1970’s and was based in Tucson, Arizona and the long period that the study was carried out allowed it a possible element of continuity in its insights and conclusions. The Garbology Project used archaeological techniques to sort and quantify modern…

The automobile is perhaps one of the world’s most useful inventions. The increasing popularity of automobiles lends its way to globalization; making globalization possible. This singular system of transportation gives people, now termed drivers, the freedom to live where they want and the opportunity to travel and explore the world. Automobiles have also become a mark of one’s socio-economic status. Having more than one automobile becomes both a sign of wealth and a necessity to rural community…

After completing the “how healthy are you” assessment I’ve learned that there are various health components other than physical health that are vital in order to live a healthy lifestyle. After calculating my scores from the assessment the results were as follows: I scored outstanding in social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual and personal health, however, an average in physical health and very poorly in environmental health. Overall, I believe my scores are very accurate. For starters, on…