Waste

Green Gloves Food Recovery and Donation Program Last year, Food Shift in partnership with Oakland Unified School District started a project in order to reduce food waste in Oakland. The project lasted about 12 months. The decision started based on the statistics from 2002 USDA report that school cafeterias waste food, and that waste sums to around $600 million each year. Kelly ErnstFriedman was the director of this project and kindly explained the pilot project May 2013 – June 2014. The area…

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,…

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…

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…

Secretary of the Army in some circumstances may revoke a permit if dumping of waste materials does not consistently follow the original permit evaluation factors. The Solid Waste Disposal Act was passed in 1965. Congress recognized that the disposal of solid waste and hazardous waste in or on the land without proper planning and supervision could bring harm to human health, welfare, and the environment. If disposing of hazardous waste is incorrectly implemented at first the proper corrective…

Any student who takes an introductory biology class knows that humans create more waste than every other species combined. Much of this waste stems from our selfish over utilization of the resources found here on earth. Results of this can been seen during the BP oil spill scandal. However, waste production occurs even in beneficial establishments like hospitals. Waste is produced in hospitals in multiple areas, such as the cafeteria, used medical tools and toxic materials produced by operations…

Every day, the average person produces about 2kg of waste, and nearly 70% of waste found in rubbish bins can be recycled. You can help lower this percentage by simply reusing plastic bags or not using plastic bags at all, recycling your aluminium cans, composting your food waste…There are thousands of simple - and affordable - possibilities for recycling. Imagine just how much better it would be for the environment…

know that increase has a lot to do with the growing population around the world. Yet, as we continue to grow in numbers of people, we also continue to lack a sufficient amount of natural resources to go around as well as places to absorb all of the waste we create. We have been given natural resources that can be taken for granted so easily because we never think of what life will be like when they’re gone. We have never had to live in a world without them so we need to learn, globally, how to…

Basic Rhetoric Analysis of Science Fair Fun Booklet The purpose of this memo is to analyze the booklet titled Science Fair Fun, written by the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER). This booklet will be evaluated on how it incorporates Markel’s six main characteristics of technical documentations effectively. The analysis will be written with sections categorized by the six characteristics. Summary of the Booklet The booklet,…

damage to your house and landscaping. Regular septic tank cleanings help reduce your risk of an expensive emergency. Protects Your Family: A septic system that gives off an unusual, unpleasant odor may be allowing waste materials into the surrounding soil and water. Exposure to this waste poses a health risk to your family, neighbors, and pets. Keeping up with your cleaning schedule helps prevent the cracks and buildup that result in exposure to…