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welding Welding the process to make, unite or fuse two or more pieces of metal as one. Welding uses electrons to heat metal to its boiling point in which it cools and bonds. Welding has been around since the egyptians they used it to make their tools to make the famous pyramids. In 1800 sir humphrey davy made a tool that was battery operated that was made just for welding. Today sir humphreys tool has been modified and made into as we know today as the arc welder. Welding is more of an art…

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. It is also the highest garbage dump in the world. The mountain is littered with trash from top to bottom. This has become a hazard to climbers and natives. Mount Everest may look clean but it is not. It is piled with trash totaling up to 10 tons of garbage on Everest. 2.5 tons of the garbage is classified as bio-hazardous waste. There are pieces of tents,sleeping bags,oxygen cylinders,food wrappers,water bottles,and corpse from climbers…

Is Your Asphalt Parking Lot Damaged? Learn How To Repair Those Small Potholes Nobody likes to see potholes in their parking lot. It not only looks horrible, but is a potential safety risk for customers that pass over them every single day. Thankfully, it’s easy to repair these potholes on your own if the damage is only a couple inches deep or wide. All you need to do is follow these steps to repair it. Tools & Materials You’ll need these seven items to start the repair process. • Asphalt…

The purpose of this study is to find out if younger who are between the ages(13-19) people and older people who are between the ages (20-80) would pick up trash off the ground and who are most likely to dispose of it. The population to be studied is the residents located in Sanford,which is roughly 30000 people. The neutral questions that were being implemented are “Do you think you would pick up trash in certain areas?”. Or “What do you think about picking up trash in Sanford?” According to my…

If you're planning to rent a dumpster in Philadelphia or need additional information on recycling programs, there are several aspects to keep in mind. It's important to know the the laws and resources surrounding dumpster permits, recycling centers, and hazardous waste disposal in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Dumpster Permit Requirements Dumpster rentals are vital for both residential consumers and businesses, but there are required permits depending where the unit will be placed. The fees for…

Furthermore, Californians tend to wonder why they should recycle. They probably are familiar with the term “recycling”, but perhaps do not know what to recycle. A report released by IPSOS observed that only 50% of the whole American population recycles on a daily basis as more than 10% of Americans completely not involved in recycling practices (Ali). Therefore, there should be a priority to seek to bridge the existing knowledge gap. For instance, recycling involves reusing waste materials or…

Texas has many attractions, places and communities, but my community being sparkly clean is a dream that within another decade may happen. Living in the poorest community in the United States, you may think Brownsville is a place where trash is found in streets with light brown roads with so much dirt. You believe there are broken down buildings and moldy homes. Honestly most of these assumptions where true about a few years ago. Of course now, Brownsville is growing and is industrializing.…

Brownfields are defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as “real property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant”. Brownfields are often what is left after the land is used for industrial or commercial facilities. Because of New York City’s lack of space, Brownfields can be a solution to utilize the unoccupied space for more developments and opportunities for energy…

Recycling is a brilliant idea. If you are actually able to reduce the waste in your landfilled by 90% in a five year span, why wouldn't you? If you don't to take action now, what will you do when the city landfill has to shut down? Open another one? That's just despicable and lazy. Not only will recycling help your city, it will help the enviroment in the long run. If we pick up what cities like Phoenix and Arizona are doing, then maybe more places will follow in our footsteps. It's not going…

enough to reduce or reuse waste products. As a result, landfills are filling up with potential reusable waste. Due to lack of knowledge on how to compost food, food waste can make up nearly 20% of the municipal solid waste (MSW) at a landfill (Nadakavukaren, A., 2011). Greater community education and outreach is needed to help individuals, families and communities compost on a regular basis, and reduce the amount of food waste in our landfills. According to the US census, there are over…