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    article “Our E-Waste Problem Is Ridiculous, and Gadget Makers Aren’t Helping” that e-waste is a growing concern in today’s environment due to the recycling process and its problems and challenges, however it is possible to design recyclable products. E-waste recycling is to reuse and reprocess electrical of any type that has been discarded or regarded as outdated. Used electronics which are not able to be reused, resold, salvaged, recycled or disposed are all are considered e-waste. The…

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    Our generation has been told that if we do not recycle, we will live in a world of waste. The world will be destroyed from all the harvesting of resources, and costs will soar because of the expenses that comes from extraction of raw materials. The author of “Recycling make greens go gaga, but it’s a real burden for the rest of us,” William Shughart II, argues the opposite. He says that the reharvesting of the raw material is more cost efficient and more environmentally friendly than the…

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    Document “Waste Land” define the problem of environment and mostly people that weren’t “Lucky” enough and social class differences. There are lots of people work as “pickers” which they pick up the recyclable materials from the Landfill trash and make money based on these “trash” and directly help the environment. One of the artist growing up in a very poor family and now have become success, which he wants to help others and give it back to the society in a form of art. He went to the landfill…

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    hazardous wastes throughout the northern border area. Maquiladoras generate many hazardous waste such as acids, nickel, lead, paints, oils, and plastics, which are not regularly accounted for, despite the existence of the La Paz Agreement which requires U.S companies to deal with the toxic wastes associated with production (Frey 329). Statistics show that in the 1990s only 25 percent of such wastes were returned to the United States for processing, with 65 percent unaccounted for with wastes…

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    Straw-Bale Construction

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    effects of pollution through automobiles, and the preservation of energy through more effect energy appliances. It is our responsibility as a society to improve our environment and eliminate as many harmful wastes as we can. “Americans generate about 250 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW), or household trash, annually. This amount has nearly tripled since 1960, but the rate of growth has slowed in recent years” (Weeks par. 8). While some people do not agree with this, if more…

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    The Ganges river is one of the largest and most sacred rivers in the Hindu faith. Located amongst the southern Great Himalayas on the Indian side of the border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, the Ganges river is approximately 2,525 km in length, expanding from Northern India all the way to Bangladesh. There are various aspects to the Ganges river that are discussed amongst individuals, such as economical, environmental, spiritual, and physiological aspects. The Ganges, economically,…

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    Commercial Recycling

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    of a plastic container and you are going to throw it away I want you to recycle it instead. That one bottle makes a huge difference, according to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), “If you recycle 10 plastic bottles you will have saved enough energy to power a laptop for 25.4 hours.” Another thing I want you to do is put a recycling bin in your house, it can be as simple as an old box, and tell your family to use it. The final thing you can do is reduce the amount of waste you…

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    The Benefits Of Recycling

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    Recycling is something everyone has heard of, but does anyone really know what it means to recycle. By definition, to recycle means to convert waste into reusable material. It is said that recycling can help the environment by using less virgin materials to make new things. It is said the recycling can help reduce the amount of pollution and help preserve the Earth. This can also save the nation thousands and help keep the earth heathy. Recycling is taught to us as early as elementary school. I…

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    to the creation of both more waste and more recycling. This essay will first define Bauman’s concept of a consumer society, before examining the statistical data presented by The Office of National Statistics and Defra to evidence a rise in affluence and the correlation between higher living standards and the creation of both more waste and greater recycling .It will then conclude by looking at the role that behavioural economics has played in the reduction of waste ,looking particularly at the…

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    to provide all San Diego residents with properly disposed municipal solid waste, along with an environmental free of litter and illegal dumping. In addition, the Environmental Services Department is organized into three operational divisions, which are: (1) the Waste Reduction and Disposal Division (WRAD) manages the waste reduction, refuse disposal, fee booth operation section, franchise administration section, solid waste code enforcement program, and field operation which takes operations at…

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