Hazardous waste

To those unfamiliar to the history of the Love Canal, its name may bring warm thoughts of romantic activities or a carnival ride. However, the truth is that Love Canal is one of our country’s most notorious hazardous waste disasters, which grabbed the attention of a nation.(Beck, 1979; University at Buffalo: The State University of New York, 1998) The advocacy of its community residents, work of the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the health outcomes of the exposed…

With both a growing population and a booming industrial economy the country of Indonesia is experiencing rapidly growing pollution issues, including: mass deforestation, smog, water pollution, and various other forms of environmental destruction. As a poverty ridden nation lead by a government with too little resources at its disposal the issues of extreme pollution are often put on hold to other societal issues. In Indonesia, many forms of environmental pollution / destruction are not only…

Four Reasons You Should Have Your Home Inspected for Mold If you suspect that you have a mold problem, you need to have your home inspected to determine if your suspicions are correct. Because if there is mold in your home, it will not get better on its own. In fact, it will only get worse. You spot mold in your home You may have found some mold yourself, but you don't think there is any problem now, because you removed the mold. However, unless it was mold that grew in isolation, such as a…

Flooded basements are a prevalent problem among home owners in Canada. Every year millions of dollars is spent on repair, rehabilitation, and in efforts to cover for the personal losses caused by a wet basement. A wet basement, whether damp, leaky or flooded, requires immediate rectification of the leaks, and restoration. A basement flood might happen at any time or to any building, the major influencing factors here are heavy rains and snowmelts. Basement flooding need not necessarily be…

removing or neutralizing a hazard from the environment, property, or life form is decontamination. The purpose of decontamination is to prevent further harm and increase the likelihood of recovering of a person or restoration of property exposed to a hazardous substance (Maniscalco & Christen, 2011). It is essential that decontamination is quick, versatile, effective, and large capacity (Maniscalco & Christen, 2011). Decontamination not only prevents victims from absorbing additional…

The hidden mold from your house can damage your health. First of all, it is very important to find what the cause is and eliminate it. In case you feel sick, and the mold in your home is the main cause, then you definitely need to do something about that. Have a look at this helpful advice, in order to know what you have to do to get rid of the mold and start breathing fresh air. How do you know you have mold in your home? If you notice a change regarding your health, such as skin rashes and…

many other goods such as video games, TVs, printers, etc. However, this leads to a huge amount of the old electronics piling up and many of them are difficult to recycle. Besides the issue of what to do with old electronics many of them contain hazardous materials that are dangerous to plants and wildlife. Then, as the old goods continue to pile up,…

Recycling is one way to reduce the waste taken to landfills. Recycling is also the process we use to reuse recovered items. In my household, we recycle aluminum cans, glass, newspapers, plastic bottles, and magazines because I care about the environment. Recycling is good for the environment because it conserves our natural resources, it saves energy, and it reduces pollution. The problem is that we need to convince the community to recycle more than they are doing. We need to convince…

others. They also tend to make the most of what they have meaning they are lest wasteful; they have been brought up with a different mentality since they know what it is like to be poorer. Negative effects on the environment - Due to the increase of waste products there have been an increase of negative effects on the environment. The main effects that are of concern are pollution (global warming) and effects on wildlife. Air pollution – Natural dust storm, vehicles burning fossil fuels,…

municipal solid waste.” (Withgott, Brennan; 2007) This trash comes from the throw-away society that we have become accustomed to. From our disposable silverware to disposable cameras, the things we throw away have to go somewhere. But most Americans have an out-of-sight-out-of-mind mentality. As long as it’s not in their backyard, they do not really care (or even know, sometimes) where it all ends up. The not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) mindset further perpetuates the problem of waste management. So…