Waste-to-energy

Discarding plastic products, including snack wrappers and grocery bags quickly fill up landfills and even clog drains. According to the “Statistic Brain Research Institute” 9 billion tons of litter are dumped into the ocean each year. When plastic waste drifts out to sea many animals such as dolphins and turtles may Ingest the plastic. Animals are not able to break down plastic in their digestive system which sometimes results in death. Litter in earths…

into the ocean in the year 2010 and most of it came from the people who lived 30 miles away from the coast(Here's How Much Plastic Ends Up In the World's Oceans | Time.Com). I think this is terrible because many sea creatures that comes among this waste has a big chance of getting caught with something in the water that can cause the sea creature to die or to get…

Nuclear Fission Energy In nuclear plants they split the cells of uranium in a process called fission. Fission is splitting cells of atoms to create energy, this energy is important and useful because it helps power our homes and businesses. By powering our homes it helps us to do the simplest of tasks, such as; turn on the light, cook our dinner, and even charge our cellular devices. Another use if for nuclear weapons, by building and using nuclear weapons we as a country can help protect…

Photosynthesis is the process where radiant energy of the sun is converted into energy of organic molecules. This process is responsible for present life on Earth because it provides food for all living things. Photosynthesis is only found in certain photosynthetic organisms; a few bacteria and plants. Plants produce oxygen as a “waste product” when they produce energy using light energy, water, and CO2. The equation for photosynthesis is “CO2+H2O+Energy--> (CH2O)n+O2, however, if this…

One of the main challenges currently faced by Alcoa Intalco Corporation, or any aluminum plant, is the disposal of spent liners otherwise known as SPL. On September1988, SPL was listed by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as hazardous waste (53 Fed. Reg. 35412) coded as K088, and with that came stricter regulation and much rather extensive fines and matters of safety issues, not to mention, different protocols for safe handling and storage of SPL. Landfilling was considered the…

Disposal of solid waste is a major environmental problem in America at present due to the large increase in its population, and it will be become more of an issue in the future if Americans do not deal with the problem. Waste disposal involves a system that manages waste from its origin to its final disposal. The forms of waste management include incineration/burning, burial at landfill sites or discharge at sea/lake/river, and recycling. According to Michael Armbrister’s article “Solid Waste…

In the video pollution solution number 2570, Bill Nye helps us try to understand pollution of the earth in the form of toxic wastes, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and noise. He states that the earth is an ecosystem and demonstrates how human beings, industries, and other facilities pollute the earth which is a closed ecosystem. He further states that most of pollution comes from human beings but not big factories and power plants that everyone thinks. This takes place in the form of small…

all that food that was picked off the grocery shelves will ever meet the mouth of the consumer who bought it. Much of that food will instead be sent straight to the local landfill. The misuse and sheer waste of food today in the US is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. Some argue that the waste of food is that important of an issue, but a careful examination suggests that the economic, ethical…

There is a long history of contaminated land in England, Its past industrial revolution which took place long before modern systems of environmental controls on process emissions and waste disposal were in place, has led to the current state of land contamination. This essay will discuss the provision of the current contaminated land regime, its interaction with other environmental cleanup groups in the UK, and its complications. It will further look at it in reference to the UK 's planning…

My First Mission Trip To Nogales Mexico At eleven years old I remember being in our SUV with my parents and five sisters for about three hours, heading south through the hot Arizona desert and crossing the border between Arizona and Nogales, Mexico. We were going to visit an area called Tira Viche and help the people living there. This place is where all the trash from the city is disposed, and recycled by people. When I say, “recycled by people” I literally mean it. The people there, both…