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    The film Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a documentary directed by Angela Sun and was released on April 22, 2014. This film dives into the desolate "island" known as the great pacific garbage patch which is actually not an island despite what people think. This "island" actually lies underneath the water's surface, which leads to it being unnoticed by the public. Plastic is the main cause of this issue and not only litters the oceans, but it is also harming the marine life.…

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    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…

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    is important to address due to substantial implications to the economy, Earth, and ultimately every person living in the United States. First, trends in food waste and availability and changing solutions worldwide can be explored through a historical perspective. The Institute of Waste Management’s Felicitas Schneider, with expertise in waste logistics and prevention, discusses this in her article “The History of Food Wastage.” According to the source,some preservation techniques were developed…

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    chemicals from pollution of companies’ factories. Factories being built for production efforts to fulfill the market. The factories create waste, but they do not use any efficient way to dispose of the waste. The companies decide on cutting cost of developing to ways to safely dispose of the waste. The factories use cheap easy ways to dispose of waste through dumping waste in the rivers and streams. The effects of not taking control of pollution leads to people getting sick. There are some…

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    Litter On Campus Essay

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    community. “According to KAB, littering coats the U.S $ 11.5 billion every year. Not included in this estimate are the indirect costs of littering, including decrease in property values, commerce and tourism as well as the health effects of this form of waste.” (Earth 911) With more litter there is more money lost, from people who are already struggling to pay bills and taxes as it is so why should this be added to the increasing amount of bills we already pay? Susan Revermann (2017) states that…

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    At the beginning of time, God gave us this beautiful Earth that sustains every individual upon its surface. It provides us with the oxygen we need to breathe, as well as the water we drink which is needed to replenish and keep our bodies hydrated. It supplies the food necessary to stimulate and nourish our physical structures. All of it is a gift from God that man is wasting because of his lack of care of our planet. God gave us dominion over this world, He commanded all of us to fruitful and…

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    change the habits gradually for we and our descendants. This project was a motivation for me. So, I will start it from now on; carpool with friends, turn off the lights when I do not stay at home, buying enough groceries only I need, trying to reduce wastes, and reduicing the amount of water I…

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    Jacinto River Pollution

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    Yes, the foundation did do things to lower the chances for people to get cancer but this proves that they had some idea or hunch about the waste spilling into the river that was causing children to obtain cancer. But the things they did didn’t make the people of the town feel any safer than before when they had a theory of their home river being polluted for example one of the few precautions…

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    must have funded the ad after being sick of the trash around the city. Logos is applied because, logical thinking states that throwing on the trash on the ground goes against a person’s moral by damaging the environment, yet people continue to throw waste. They make the readers think of how easy it is not to litter, which makes them realize that the current “pandemic” can considered pointless as well as effortlessly avoidable. If everyone would throw their trash away in the right spots, these…

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    some form of pollution; whether it is in chemical form, solid waste form, radiation form, water form, or air form. From our food to our laundry detergents to our clothing we are releasing over 4 billion pounds of toxic chemicals into the nation’s environment each year (Eitzen, Smith, Zinn 79). In order to make chemicals, it must also be disposed of; corporations tend to choose the cheapest way of disposal, which is releasing the “waste products into the air or water and to bury the materials in…

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