Waste-to-energy

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…

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…

(Conserve Energy) We hear about pollution a lot but could you tell me what it is if I asked you? Well I know that pollution is the introduction of a harmful substance to the environment. Pollution is the most reused word used to describe the destruction of the natural air we breathe in and the water we drink and land we live on. (UKessays) Pollution causes things to change in the environment and not for the better but for worse. Pollution can take form of chemical substances or energy such as…

Within Mexico City there is a grand issue in regards to food waste and how it's handled. When people think of food losses they are limited by the thought that the only harm that this is causing is wasting actual food but there is so much more harm being caused. When food is just put into waste then there is loss in food for others but also more energy is wasted on disposing of it correctly then this disposal causes pollution in the air which then affects the environment negatively and humans…

000 gallons of sewage, 25000 gallons of oily bilge water, 100 gallons of hazardous or toxic waste, 50 tons of garbage and solid waste, and diesel exhaust emissions. This would all equal to a thousand of cars on the highway and this is only one ship for a cruise line (treehugger). The government has set a standard to help with the environment for cleaner burning fuels, to help save money on fuel and energy cost in the long run. The first ship to go green will be the Holland America…

conserving the environment, and pollution is one of the main culprits for its continual destruction. Pollution only seems to be getting worse though as more and more toxins and wastes fill the earth and sky; damaging the environment that all humans and animals call home. People say the main culprit for pollution is industrial waste, and they are not wrong. But what they probably do not know is that half of the time, pollution is produced by the production of items we use every day, food…

that our planet is facing today; however, as the population of the world continues to grow exponentially, the problems will only continue to get worse and more irreversible. As the amount of people who populate earth increases, “the demand for food, energy, minerals and other products” rises as well (Eitzen, Smith, Zinn 76). As we look at environmental issues, we must remember some “environmental problems are beyond human control (volcanoes, earthquakes, solar flares), [but] most are social in…

Mexico, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia. If found guilty of this wrongdoing, fines for violation are given, and furthermore can be charged with a felony, depending on the situation. Atomic Energy Act - (1946) Established by the Atomic Energy Commission, the Atomic Energy Act promotes “utilization of atomic energy for peaceful purposes and to maximize security with the health and safety of the public.” Nuclear weapon development and nuclear power would…

that’s been spilled while it was trying to be extracted. Those deadly toxins in the air that we breathe come from fumes from power plants.That lethal water has been contaminated from the waste and spills from the toxic nuclear power plants that are all over the earth. All of this is the result of us needing energy. We drill into the ocean floor to get oil so we can drive our cars, we burn coal in power plants so…

made from industrial and commercial non-recyclable waste. This is reduces the amount of waste that reaches landfills. This site also produces huge amounts of energy which generates up to 70MW of electricity and 51 MW of heat. This will reduce the dependence of fossil fuels. This is an example of transmaterialisation as it’s the transition from fossil to renewable feedstocks like RDF. This is also a sustainable process a there will also be waste from industries. The site is clearly great for the…