Nowadays many elements contribute to global warming. In our daily life stuff are wasted dramatically the last decades. In this article am going to write about the consumption of stuff and how we could reduce this rate of solid waste in sources.
Solid waste is pollution. In 1990 statistics in America showed that each person wastes 2.04 KG per day of solids. Most of these solids are bottles, cans, plastic, newspapers and uneaten food. However, although people aware of this crisis, changing habits they have been doing for years is not an easy thing (Lee). While years go by, this waste is increasing with the consumption of the earth sources. Landfill method wastes solid inside layers mainly soil in many areas that could not be used again, so whenever there is more waste they will have to open new areas. Moreover, incineration is the common way to get rid of solid waste because it kills the bacteria and chemicals, but it also releases toxic gas into the atmosphere which is not good (DISCovering Science).
Fortunately, there are solutions to solid waste pollution. New recyclable materials are being produced to help reducing this waste. Each material among the stuff we use has a special method to recycle it. For example, papers are being recycled by machines and chemicals are added to remove the ink and produce new papers. Cans also could be recycled in processing factories to melt, wash, and mold into ingots. So there will be new cans from the old ones and many others can be used from these cans. Moreover, more areas can be saved from landfilling the stuff. (Bigham)
Solid waste is pollution. In 1990 statistics in America showed that each person wastes 2.04 KG per day of solids. Most of these solids are bottles, cans, plastic, newspapers and uneaten food. However, although people aware of this crisis, changing habits they have been doing for years is not an easy thing (Lee). While years go by, this waste is increasing with the consumption of the earth sources. Landfill method wastes solid inside layers mainly soil in many areas that could not be used again, so whenever there is more waste they will have to open new areas. Moreover, incineration is the common way to get rid of solid waste because it kills the bacteria and chemicals, but it also releases toxic gas into the atmosphere which is not good (DISCovering Science).
Fortunately, there are solutions to solid waste pollution. New recyclable materials are being produced to help reducing this waste. Each material among the stuff we use has a special method to recycle it. For example, papers are being recycled by machines and chemicals are added to remove the ink and produce new papers. Cans also could be recycled in processing factories to melt, wash, and mold into ingots. So there will be new cans from the old ones and many others can be used from these cans. Moreover, more areas can be saved from landfilling the stuff. (Bigham)
In conclusion, the waste of stuff, energy, and water could determine a new hard life style.solid waste pollutes over earth. So we have to reduce our consumption, waste of everything, use things where and when they are needed, and buy recyclable stuff. Otherwise, we will need more planets like earth, but we only got one.
Bibliography:
Bigham, Kennetha J. "What happens to all that stuff? (recycling)." Www.library.hct.ac.ae. Oct. 1994. Higher Colleges of Technology. 18 May 2009 http://0-find.galegroup.com.library.hct.ac.ae/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=SRC-1&docId=A16167333&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=971hctnet&version=1.0
DISCovering Science. "Garbage." Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. 2003. Higher Colleges of Technology. 18 May 2009 http://0-find.galegroup.com.library.hct.ac.ae/srcx/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T001&prodId=SRC-1&docId=EJ2103201156&source=gale&srcprod=SRCG&userGroupName=971hctnet&version=1.0
Lee. "Consumption and Stuff." Earth friendly shopping. 3 Jan. 2008. 18 May 2009
Leonard, Annie. "The story of stuff." 18 May 2009 http://www.storyofstuff.com/
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