Waste management

most of the nutrients are absorbed by the body for its functions. The resulting matter passes through the colon which absorbs any residual water, salts, magnesium and other elements. If this process fails to function at optimum level, some of the waste that needs to be eliminated by the body gets accumulated along the walls and linings of the colon and the intestines like residue. A continuous repetition of this process over a period of time causes the colon and the intestines to become…

Over the years, the poor and people of color are always treated badly by others. They mostly lived in polluted environments which negatively affect the way they live and work. In these communities, the placement of waste facilities emitted large amounts of chemical pollutants into the air. Any individual exposed to pollutants increases the chance of getting sick because it poses a huge threat to their health. The sudden environmental changes caused by landfills and industrial plants triggered…

Many property owners don’t stop to think about just how vital their septic system is to the health and functionality of their home or business. Once something goes down the drain, it’s out of sight and out of mind, but the system is consistently working to properly treat and dispose of the wastewater leaving a building. When you realize the true value of this utility, it’s easier to understand why it’s so important to keep it well maintained. Martin’s Septic Service offers residents in and…

raw material that can be molded. The K-Cup goes through a long recycling process. However, there are many errors in the recycling process for K-Cups due to their small size. K-Cups have proven to be a major contributor in the generation of plastic waste. Even The New York Times has reported that K-Cups are neither biodegradable nor fully recyclable. In my opinion, the Keurig should never have been invented due to their extremely harmful effects on the environment. During the recycling process,…

Countries and cities everywhere are trying to ban the sale of plastic water bottles for many different reasons. Some reasons are for health environment and more, but is the ban worth it? I believe that states should start banning plastic water bottles. My fisrt reason I think we should ban plastic water bottles,even though people are recycling, it isn’t enough for how much plastic water bottles we buy, The author, Katy Steinmetz wrote, “""[The bottles] are not being thrown away … They are…

“Drowning the Oceans in Plastic” Summary The article, “Drowning the Oceans in Plastic,” by Mark Gold and Cara Horowitz is about how marine pollution is a global and international problem that costs billions of dollars each year to clean. To mend the problem, the people of this world should not litter. To begin, plastic garbage is extremely costly. In the article, it states, “… 20 million tons of plastic pollution enters the ocean each year… litter is also costly.” (1) This shows how a lot of…

Introduction The contamination of large bodies of water is becoming a greater problem across the world due to our rapidly increasing population. People commonly pollute these areas with their release of waste products and trash, and these contaminants can spread from small streams or lakes to oceans and complete ecosystems. The pollutants that are released into the water sources are often inorganic substances, and the dissolved forms of these compounds can become ionic cations and anions. An…

The Tobacco industry has an effect on our planet more than many people seem to realize. It is estimated that over 1.7 billion pounds of cigarette filters are discarded into our lakes, beaches and oceans each year. With all of this waste being dumped into our natural environment, there are obviously going to be several effects on wildlife, and the natural eco system. Cigarette filters release the chemicals contained inside them within an half hour, to an hour of coming in contact with water.…

My topic is littering. How does it make the world a worse place. And one of them is littering. I am going to tell you why is littering is bad and how it makes earth worse than what it was. Littering is bad because it makes an area look ugly, it is expensive, and sometimes hard to clean, and harmful to people, plants, and animals, it is also bad because it is illegal, people who litter can be fined or charged, littering also causes plotted water, and it can clog storm drains. And…

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…