The Waste Land

Also, “land speculators clear huge areas for expected profits,” such as housing and urbanization (Eitzen, Smith, Zinn 78).…

use every day is often seen on the side of the road as well as illegal dumping of trash in natural habitats. Another significant factor in land pollution is the oil refinery accidents that spill both inland as well as on the oceans. Our farmers use multiple types of harmful pesticides and other farming chemicals to grow our food that in turn pollutes our land leading to the destruction and health of all living creatures. An article in the US National Library of Medicine…

Over the years, the topic of marine pollution has developed into a relevant issue. Some of these issues include oil spills, chemical pollution, and waste pollution. This advertisement is meant to address the issues of marine pollution by showing the results and addressing two exceptionally prominent issues during the past few years, oil spills, and waste pollution. In the past 20 years, there have been roughly 17 oil spills, the most memorable spill is the BP oil spill in the Gulf Coast. In…

or simply to fill a craving and empty stomach. However, many do not consider how much waste is produced by these outings. Lots of times people leave to-go boxes on their table by mistake right before they leave, many plastics and glasses (like bottled drinks) are thrown away and not recycled, and countless restaurants use plastic cutlery over regular cutlery. The restaurant industry produces a large amount of waste and there are many ways that a good portion of it can be eliminated. Sadly, more…

made it a difficult place to love for many species. Ocean pollution is on of the major problems, is massive spreading of harmful substances in the ocean. Some of the substances that have been found include, “oil, plastic, industrial and agricultural waste and chemical particles. The oceans are very important since they are the home to all of the marine animals and plants, it is our humans responsibility to make sure we can keep the oceans clean so that marine species can live for a long period…

from sources such as combustion, and cement production. Possible causes of Air Pollution are by: Bush burning: Bush burning is the common source of air pollution in my community. Most times, the burning of bush is done prior to land cultivation as one of the initial steps of land preparation. The process of bush burning leads to the release of various types of gaseous pollutants in the air such as oxides of carbon, sulphur. Refuse burning: Refuse disposal is a major environmental problem that…

Over the years, the world has become more and more polluted. 1.2 trillion gallons of sewage and waste is dumped into waters around the United States every single year. Pollution is irreversible and we’ve been left with trillions and trillions of gallons of sewage. We can’t reverse the damage it’s done to our country, our planet, and our people. Our water sources are becoming toxic due to the waste, and with the amount of toxic water there is, we won’t have any extra clean water available for…

and are characterized by the components of land, work, capital, innovation, and the market and non-advertise establishments overseeing their distribution. The production system is based on ethical framework but now in United States the framework of food production system is unethical. The food production system is morally not correct as there are many defects in the system which are leading many people to lead an unhealthy life due to food waste. Food waste is the food which wasted by almost…

Global food waste has been a topic of concern and conversation both in the news and the financial departments of major food corporations. The USDA places the value of food thrown out in America at $161 billion yearly, which translates to more than one-quarter of total production. Much of this waste occurs during production and transportation. Recent advances in technology have sought to reverse this trend. Innovations aimed at reducing the amount of food being thrown out include smart…

Over the course of the Pine Jog Fellowship, I Iearned about many different environmental issues that are currently impacting Florida. The five main topics that we covered were Sustainability and Climate Change, Water Quality and Quantity, Waste Management and Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, and Biodiversity. For Sustainability and Climate Change I learned about how we are trying to restore the water quality that we once had in Florida as well as what an increase in climate will do to…