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bottle floating down beneath it. I investigated the surface of the water and the concrete areas under and around the bridge, and I discovered that the most common types of pollution were glass/plastic bottles, cigarette butts, plastic bags, and food containers that come from large fast food chains, like KFC and Subway. Many people argued that the reason for this pollution was because of the lack of bins around this area, but there were at least 4 bins in close vicinity of the bridge, so that…

There is an amount of a plastic waste that is the size of this rooms that is being thrown in the ocean every minute of every hour of every day. I chose this topic because of the scale of this problem and the speed this problem is growing with. It is a global problem that affects the ocean plants & creatures that live there. So I’ve made a research to tell you about this issue. (Weule) Besides the significant damage it cause to the environment and fauna it affects us directly as well. Today…

affecting people and animals in different ways. The way mercury is increasing more and more in the water and in animals, all around the world mercury will be a problem if companies don't know to control the distribution of methyl-mercury. Sewage waste will get worse than it already is to the point where people won't be able to go in the water at all because they could get infections or diseases, but this won't happen if more and more people start to learn about ocean pollution and help in…

Nutrient Factory is a small retail store selling various healthy, high protein foods and drinks. Our supplier for these products will be primarily Costco and Sam’s Club and we will price our products at a 30% mark up. We will keep the products will have at a high mark up price for our first couple of months in business before we reduce our prices to appeal more to college students. We will be open every day except Sunday from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM; we open at 7:00 AM to target the early morning…

Packaging, construction materials, medical devices and a surfeit of consumer goods are examples of products manufactured from plastic. It is estimated that 100 millions tons of plastic is used each year, which accounts for about 10 percent of the world’s waste (Kiener 162). Hence, it is imperative to have a proper disposal and management of plastic products, since its degradation takes hundreds of years to be completed. Indeed, most…

Littering is a potential danger to animals because it can cause them to die, eventually becomeing endangered, and even extinct. In thean article, “5 Ways Plastic Pollution Impacts Animals on Land” by Malorie Macklin, she states quotes that approximately, 101 million animals die each year because of litter and other pollutants. Litter consists of trash that can crucially affect our environment. Whether small or large, trash can have dramatic effects to our environment and animals that people need…

The biggest landfill has 1,500 trucks delivering 12,000 tons of garbage a day. This landfill is in the suburbs of Los Angeles. The amount of waste that this landfill is currently holding is around 3.7 million tons. That amount of trash covers 700 acres and towers almost 500 feet tall ("Puente Hills..."). Smaller landfills are also becoming overused. Smaller towns do not have as much of land to…

so it is important to recycle them after use. Plastic bottles can be banned at home or work. If it is banned then there will be less waste and litter. This will force people to use reusables or other types of bottles. This will be very helpful to the environment and us. Finding better eco friendly household items may help. Using shampoo, soap, and beverage containers that are also plastic also harm the environment. Instead use products that are reusable or eco friendly. This a great help to the…

Do you like to breathe? Obviously otherwise, you would die. Do you know we, human beings, are eliminating that main factors in our lives? We are doing this on our own because of we are lazy enough to grab a plastic pot and throw it into a recycling bin or not even have one. We prefer to throw garbage into the closest trash can or not even throw it into a bin but in the streets. Do you think recycling is important? I do, if you do we are okay, but if you don't I will explain why. Have you…

When we were younger we were always told to clean up our messes. As we got older, it still holds true, for us individuals. But what about us as a collective, or the human race. Does that simple rule of cleaning up messes still hold true? Oceans take up a large portion of the earth’s surface, and were once seen as an all-encompassing, limitless reservoirs, quite able to bear the brunt of the human race. This, however, is not true as is becoming increasingly apparent. Over a few decades, humans…