Waste containers

exemplified by the sheer magnitude of production, as well as by the difficulty in determining the origins of plastic waste. The magnitude of plastic production is shown through the increase of global plastic resin production by 620% from 1975 to 2012 (Jambeck et al. 2015). Furthermore, in 58% of countries with available data, it was found that at least ten per cent of solid waste material was comprised of plastic pollution (Jambeck et al. 2015).…

Facts about Food Waste Many of us never think about what happens to the food that we leave on our plate. However, maybe we should. Do you realize that 113 billion pounds of food goes un-eaten every year? According to the USDA, that makes up 31% of all our food. Why is this happening? We are not using our scrap food as an asset. Instead, we are clogging up landfills while there are people and animals that are going hungry. According to the article “Five Tactics to reduce Food Waste” in Julys…

to its waste system, and new recycling centers are opening next year. In neighborhoods with limited waste services and open trash piles, it is no surprise trash is scattered throughout the environment. “Waste is just a misplaced resource” ~Ken Dunn. Trash disposal is a difficult problem. Waste consists of organics, single-use packaging, biomedical products, electronics, durable goods, paper, plastic, glass and aluminum. Since waste is a misplaced resource, I thought up a solution to the waste…

From the few beach trips in the past 17 years, seeing garbage ruined the relaxation. Thinking thoughts of how people could possibly litter by the shore or all the sewage being dumped into the ocean. These problems date back to the Industrial Evolution for more technology was being created to speed up and increase production. The first negative pollution was the smog created from burning coal in the 18th and 19th century. Just like air pollution, our water has been faced with a similar issue.…

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…

Mazotos ship disappeared on the way from Akko to Athens containing vines and goods. At last, there was a video on how the archaeologists and divers work. This is an expensive project, so many volunteers are needed. Also, there is no diving time could waste since it was 45m under water and need to stay there around 20 minutes. Overall, it was hard work for this underwater shipwreck archaeology…

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…

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…

to the buildup of plastics. One major area in particular that seems to be neglected is oceans. The Pacific Ocean holds the largest landfill in the world; estimating roughly the magnitude of Texas, and approximately 33 feet deep of plastics, buoyant waste, and other non-biodegradable material (Bush, 534). How does this affect people? Scheid also states in her article that roads and highways can become dangerous when truck beds are not fastened down properly, causing debris to tumble out of the…

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (2013) reports a great example of how investment and innovation in integrated transportation can reduce significantly aliment waste. This case is located in an East Anglican farm which has invested in a high-capacity system which is able to manage about 18 tonnes of onions thanks to containers that are carried to the drying unit and then to the pack house. With this system, only two men manage over 100,000 tonnes of onions per year with minimum loss. While…