Food waste

"Lead author Jenna R. Jambeck, an environmental engineer at the University of Georgia, and her colleagues estimated that, altogether, these 192 countries produce some 275 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. Of that volume, about 4.8-12.7 million metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste is thought to have entered the ocean in 2010" (Tibbetts). Not enough people know the amount of plastic that enters the ocean each year and how dangerous it actually is. "In 2012 the United States…

The following attempts can be made to solve the problem of environmental pollution: we should use banana leaves or paper to wrap food instead of plastic bags because they are hard to dissove and pollute the environment. Or goverments must take measures to reduce global warming immediately, they should enact and inforce laws on protecting the environment and it’s every necessary for…

Plastic wastes are wastes of human activities that deliberately or accidentally finish into rivers and other water bodies or streams. These wastes finally reach the sea and other water bodies where aquatic life. With the increased use of plastic, the respective waste management has become a problem, since many types of plastic (unlike other wastes such as wood) are not biodegradable and, therefore, accumulate. Plastic dragged through the water is dangerous, because it represents a serious…

eventually do. Plastic bags cost about 3.5 cents each, but the cost to clean them up is about 17 cents per bag on average. Tax payers end up paying about 88 dollars per year just on plastic bag waste (10 reasons why plastic bags should be banned,2017,October 26). In an effort to help reduce the amount of waste and pollution by plastic bags some countries have banned plastic bag to help lower the risk of pollution. Africa has banned plastic bags or taxed them in…

water supply of the country” (http://www.chevron.com/about/chevronway/). This did not occur in one single event, but rather it was a daily occurrence over 3 decades. These events included maintaining unlined waste pits so the toxic waste went into the soil where Ecuadorian people harvest their food. Chevron also set off dynamite next to residential homes without even asking permission. Also, Chevron had multiple oil pipelines rupture, and gas flaring-which is the act of burning off natural gas…

continual destruction. Pollution only seems to be getting worse though as more and more toxins and wastes fill the earth and sky; damaging the environment that all humans and animals call home. People say the main culprit for pollution is industrial waste, and they are not wrong. But what they probably do not know is that half of the time, pollution is produced by the production of items we use every day, food packaging, plastic bottles, detergent, and electronics name a few. If everyone…

problems that our planet is facing today; however, as the population of the world continues to grow exponentially, the problems will only continue to get worse and more irreversible. As the amount of people who populate earth increases, “the demand for food, energy, minerals and other products” rises as well (Eitzen, Smith, Zinn 76). As we look at environmental issues, we must remember some “environmental problems are beyond human control (volcanoes, earthquakes, solar flares), [but] most are…

than an airplane and that is ridiculous. Typical cruise ship with 3 thousand passengers would generate, 1 million gallons of gray water, 210,000 gallons of sewage, 25000 gallons of oily bilge water, 100 gallons of hazardous or toxic waste, 50 tons of garbage and solid waste, and diesel exhaust emissions. This would all equal to a thousand of cars on the highway and this is only one ship for a cruise line (treehugger). The government has set a standard to help with the environment for cleaner…

LEGO Canada has a corporate social responsibility (CSR) to assist Canada in reducing their plastic recycling waste as their products consist of mainly plastic granulate (ABS; LEGO, n.d.c). It has been reported that plastic waste pollutes oceans and bodies of water, including the Great Lakes (Nelson, 2018). This endangers marine life as they often mistaken small plastic pieces to be food. Modern consumers are more aware of social problems and “require that firms do not operate only in accordance…

Over 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage and industrial waste are dumped into US water each year. Because of this, about 40% lakes are too contaminated for aquatic life, fishing or even for swimming in America. It’s disappointing how every eight seconds a child dies from drinking contaminated water. Also, it hurts how thousands of marine creatures die by swallowing plastic bags thinking they are jellyfishes. Terry Swearingen once said, “We are living on the planet as if we have another one…