Waste

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…

change the habits gradually for we and our descendants. This project was a motivation for me. So, I will start it from now on; carpool with friends, turn off the lights when I do not stay at home, buying enough groceries only I need, trying to reduce wastes, and reduicing the amount of water I…

This essay examines the implications of waste in design and manufacturing with regard to the nature and future sustainability of practices considered modern by contemporary standards. Practices, such as CNC (computer numerically controlled) machining and additive manufacturing such as 3D printing, are the benchmark for modern manufacturing; 'In the domain of manufacturing, computer numerically controlled (CNC) technology is a major contributor to the production capacity of the…

The amount of food that restaurants waste could help many people. It would also help people by saving up money. One way would be by not buying food that you know for sure you're not going to consume. About 1/8 people in America are surfing with starvation. Although some people believe that homeless will take advantage of getting food for free, however there are people that are suffering not able to have a meal for that day. Parent would do anything for their kids. Middle class believes there…

$161.6 billion using retail prices. For the first time, ERS estimated the calories associated with food loss: 141 trillion in 2010, or 1,249 calories per capita per day.”(EndHunger) That is insane the amount we’re wasting each year. The amount we waste could possibly feed millions of starving children in developing countries. “Even 15 percent of the food being discarded would be enough to feed 25 million people at a time when one in every six Americans does not always have enough to eat.”(STROM)…

Waste materials are not recycled enough in California. Californians keep littering the aluminums, metals, and plastics over the places; hence, this cause the waste disposals, deforestation, and water pollutions. While the pollution continues to affect the lives of Californians, the underlying question is: do we have a single patriotic Californian who thinks going green to liberate California out of this predicament? According to the two authors, Richard H. Thaler and Cass. R. Sunstein’s book…

Angeles specifically, the sustainability of ocean waters are being contaminated by the toxicity of waste being dumped by consumers. Under the circumstances, what can we do to stop toxic wastes being dumped in the sea? Problem Not a lot of consumers identify that toxic wastes incorporates supplemental wastage of dredged material, sewage waste, oil waste, and radioactive waste, undoubtedly each waste…

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…

With the actions happening around you it will most likely make you sad or have mixed emotions. You will be more inclined to help solve the problem and make your town a better place. Corpus Christi has many political subcultures but I feel as if the waste in the ocean environment is the most important.…

Americans throw away 40% of all food produced in a year. This waste would only be justified if no Americans lived in food-insecure households, which is far from the case. The photo of the homeless man searching among mountains of wasted food personifies this problem. Just as a holocaust survivor puts a face with a tragic event, this image gives the viewer a different perspective of food waste. Instead of only seeing statistics on the unfed homeless, this photo embodies desperation and confusion.…