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Green House Effect
FUTURE OF DISPOSAL: REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES AT LANDFILLS
Ongoing projects and new discoveries offer a variety of on-site means for reducing greenhouse gases emitted by landfills. Methods include traditional methane recovery, anaerobic and aerobic bioreactors, and applications of compost as cover material. This article describes a variety of approaches for reducing methane emissions at their number one source: landfills.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VH3-44HX99M-5&_user=10&_coverDate=02%2F28%2F2002&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1314927955&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5900f3cfe626629eb65c0acd7c9a3e55
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VH3-44HX99M-5&_user=10&_coverDate=02%2F28%2F2002&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1314927955&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5900f3cfe626629eb65c0acd7c9a3e55
Scrap Metal
Colossal Waste
After nearly 15 years of working to get New Yorkers into the recycling habit--introducing composting, leaf collection, recycling centers and finally, in 1999, weekly pickups--the city's Department of Sanitation (DOS) announced last year [2002] that the program was too expensive and needed to be dumped. Fighting back, the City Council struck a compromise with the mayor: Glass recycling would be suspended for two years, plastic for one year, and metal and paper pickups would continue. This article presents the environmental and financial consequences now facing New York as a result of the city's suspension of its recycling programs.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-9296&artno=0000173100&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Landfills%2C%20Sanitary&title=Colossal%20Waste&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-9296&artno=0000173100&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Landfills%2C%20Sanitary&title=Colossal%20Waste&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
Landfill
Connor King
Environmental Science
3/29/10
The article I read is entitled Stewards of U.S. Land Are Talking Trash. This is about people illegally dumping their trash on land. People are taking things such as televisions, cars, heaters, radios, and other garbage and shooting them and leaving their pieces everywhere. This causes a lot of toxic waste because of the internal materials of certain things. This garbage was pilled up so much, it filled 4 dump trucks full and there were still scraps left over. Broken glass that could not be picked up is left there and any unlucky animal or human who walks on it could end up in a lot of pain. Also, some old machines have certain chemicals like mercury in them that if seeped into the ground water, could be very dangerous. There are current acts being initiated to solve this problem, for instance, jail time will be given to anyone convicted of illegally dumping trash on land. Also, landfills are refining their ways to make dumping more accessible for everybody.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-4320&artno=0000299872&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Environmentalism&title=Stewards%20of%20U%2ES%2E%20Land%20Are%20Talking%20Trash&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
Environmental Science
3/29/10
The article I read is entitled Stewards of U.S. Land Are Talking Trash. This is about people illegally dumping their trash on land. People are taking things such as televisions, cars, heaters, radios, and other garbage and shooting them and leaving their pieces everywhere. This causes a lot of toxic waste because of the internal materials of certain things. This garbage was pilled up so much, it filled 4 dump trucks full and there were still scraps left over. Broken glass that could not be picked up is left there and any unlucky animal or human who walks on it could end up in a lot of pain. Also, some old machines have certain chemicals like mercury in them that if seeped into the ground water, could be very dangerous. There are current acts being initiated to solve this problem, for instance, jail time will be given to anyone convicted of illegally dumping trash on land. Also, landfills are refining their ways to make dumping more accessible for everybody.
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SNY1813-0-4320&artno=0000299872&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Environmentalism&title=Stewards%20of%20U%2ES%2E%20Land%20Are%20Talking%20Trash&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
i dont think that people should be illegally dumping their trash on lad that is not even theirs because it is hurting our enviromment from all the toxic waste.
ReplyDeleteI agree. people need to be informed about the damage they are doing by dumping trash in landfills.
ReplyDeleteya, it is destroying the world
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ReplyDeleteSo, how do we...as concerned stewards of the environment...go about making people aware of the dangers of dumping? I must admit that I am guilty of throwing batteries in the garabe. I know that I shouldn't do this and that they need to disposed of properly but I haven't taken the time to find out where...or made the efforst to collect my old batteries and take them to those places. So, Connor and Tyler...how can does a person go about making others aware of the dangers of dumping??? Is this a person decision or do we have the responsibility of telling others?
ReplyDeleteWell, the first step in solving a problem is admitting we have a proble, so you have already taken care of step one. next, strict rules and harsh penalties need to be instituded in order to deter patrons from dumping hazardous materials. The only solution to rid the world of such materials, is to find alternative materials that do not harm the planet. Although this may take centuries, it is a neccesary step.
ReplyDeleteIve researched this topic even more, and i found that if each person in the United States properly disposes of 5 of the harmful items (batteries, metels, glass, computers, engines) then we could reduce the polution by 15%. If we do more, we can expect more. Its just a matter of personal will power.
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