...Although landfills are meticulously designed and managed to minimize their risk to the environment, they can still negatively affect surrounding communities and ecosystems. For example, Hazardous Waste Landfills present a constant threat of contamination to nearby habitats and groundwater systems should a leakage occur (Lee, 2018). Likewise, other types of landfills can also negatively impact the environment. Landfills produce a harmful liquid called leachate, which can contain high levels of toxic substances such as heavy metals and noxious chemicals (Rinkesh, n.d.). This substance can leach out of poorly managed or obsolete landfills, irreversibly contaminating groundwater systems and nearby habitats (Newton, 2018). Furthermore, landfills render its surrounding land unusable, directly contributing to soil and land pollution....
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...Natural Resources and Energy Marlon Sutton (bullets 1 & 2) Introduction Gina S. Washington (bullets 3 & 4) Conclusion Lawrence Long (bullets 5 & 6) SCI/256 9/17/2013 Dr. Lauren Pittenger Natural Resources and Energy Club D have chosen Puente Hills Landfill Ecosystem to show influences associated with agriculture. In addition, to express the effects that increasing human inhabitant’s obligation on the ecosystem’s means, with damage or else injury to the occupants uninhabited species. Screening Puente Hills landfill practice for sustainability, plus preservation of natural resources management cutting-edge in the current ecosystem. Club D expresses concerns about recognizing the risks as well as benefits of extracting or using a nonrenewable energy resource from area near the Puente hills landfill. Club D will assess supervision practices for sustainability in addition to conservation of natural resources and energy at Puente Hills Landfill the largest landfill in the world. Identify impacts associated with Agriculture The environmental impacts associated with Puente Hills landfill According to Puente Hills Intermodal Facility (2009), consist of improvements that would occur within the “County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles County (LACSD) Puente Hills Intermodal Facility (PHIMF), task site, as well as off-site developments surrounded by a broader study area essential to sustenance procedures of the PHIMF. The development site is roughly...
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...being in landfills, the largest one taking up 400 acres of land. Plastic and trash are being thrown away improperly into landfills and incinerators, making many disadvantages. These disadvantages are making waste disposal non-efficient as it isn’t cost effective, it’s hurting people and it’s hurting the environment. What’s preventing proper recycling is the economics. The economic incentive to recycle isn’t enough, making the value less than processing costs. This incentive runs how much we recycle correctly. Without the incentive, we are finding ways to throw things out in the cheapest ways possible which convert to landfills and incinerators (Szaky, 2016). Our motivation has...
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...D1- Evaluate the impact of organisations in improving Human Health. In this section of the assignment I will be evaluating the impact of organisations in improving Human Health The council has put in place the recycling program, to try reduce and improve human health. The programme has managed to tackle landfills from being full with rubbish that can cause the air to pollute, causing severe damage to human health. The recycling program has had a positive impact on human health, less pollution in the air means people get to live a longer and healthier life because , environmental factors such as pollution is not causing so much damage to the air and environment. A reduction in landfill causes our health to become better as there is not much dirt on the streets to cause an impact on our environment. Recent statistics shows that since 2000 vs 2014 carbon monoxide particles have gone down from 77 to 60, Nitrogen Dioxide from 52 to 43. http://www3.epa.gov/airtrends/aqtrends.html . The programme has managed to tackle land pollution, which stated above we have since a reduction in the chemical particles that float around our environment causing us to get ill. This can be seen as a very positive achievement for the recycling programme. The UK recycles about 28% of its waste; the rate has almost doubled during the past 15 years. Recycling of specific materials has grown even more drastically: 42% of all paper, 40% of all plastic soft drink bottles, 55% of all aluminium beer...
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...Paper is a product of the pulp and paper industry. This commodity although inexpensive as an individual product, is a very important and influential commodity around the world. The disposal and recycling processes of paper has become a critical issue in today’s society. Currently there are three main ways to dispose paper: in landfills, by incineration and by recycling. Landfills can have an impact on air, water and soil quality. Landfills also produce methane which contributes to the greenhouse effect. Incineration does save space compared to landfills but burning the paper waste releases gasses which affect air quality. In today’s society it is generally agreed that the most beneficial and environmentally friendly way to dispose of paper products is to recycle it. For recycling, used paper must go through a process which will sort it, strain the glue and ink from it and finally bleach it so it can be made into new paper. The beginning of the disposal process of paper starts with the consumer disposing of the product in either a trash can or recycling bin. This is where the paper will either travel to landfills, incinerators or recycling facilities. Recycling trucks must collect the contents and transport them to sorting and processing facilities which will recycle the paper to new usable paper. Cities consider themselves environmentally responsible to recycle and dispose of paper and therefore provide garbage and recycling pick up services. This helps create jobs, plus...
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...Recycle Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that participating in recycling is important in the future of our environment. Central Idea: We as a society have the capability to change the future of our environment. Introduction I. After spending a hot day running errands you think, I could really use something to quench my thirst. A. You may grab a can of soda or a bottle of water and 10 or 15 minutes later on the way past the trash you toss it in. B. Many of us do this on a daily basis without even thinking about where all that trash goes. II. We bag up the garbage, sit it on the curb, and the trash man comes to haul it all off to the landfill. A. According to the U.S. National Park Service the soda can you throw away can take 80-200 years to degrade in the landfill, or 450 years for a plastic bottle (Garbage). B. If we recycle that one can we can save “enough energy to keep a 100-watt bulb burning for almost four hours or run your television for three hours”(Cummings). III. We as consumers have the capability of altering our habits and influencing the outcome of our planet for years to come. Transition: I know many of us have thought about recycling, but we don’t take the initiative to do it consistently. Body I. I’d like to first have everyone consider the effects not recycling may have on our environment. A. With recycling we can conserve natural resources such as water, timber, and minerals. 1. According to the U...
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...forth perspectives which explain the reasons why individuals and corporations engage in activities that cause environmental harms. These perspectives can be linked to the original environmental or green criminology perspectives. Pollution and dumping has become an increasingly costly problem for the environment. As a results, there has been a rise in criminology literature that analyses environmental harms as crimes (Crofts, Morris, Wells & Powell, 2010). Pollution entail the emission, leakage or spillage of a prescribed substance into the air, water or soil (Brickenll, 2010). It was the first environmentally damaging practice to capture the attention of the public and also concern regulatory attention. Pollutants recognised include pesticides, chemicals and gases. Whilst some of these emissions are banned and illegal, some are permitted, but only within specified levels. Pollution is thus illegal when there is a release of a prohibited substance, the emission or leakage of substance in excess of an established limit, or expulsion into areas such as vast bodies of water (Bricknell, 2010). Illegal waste disposal includes the transportation and dumping of waste into landfills or other areas. Waste includes everything from hazardous substances to electronic waste, more commonly known as e-waste. Australia is one of the highest producers of waste per capita in the world (ABS, 2010). In Australia, there was approximately 2080 kilograms of waste...
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...Alex Nguyen Ms. Gaspers Honors English 3-2-15 The Real World of Recycling Imagine a world where the water supply, ocean vitality, and temperate eco system have all lost their genetic diversity because we taint their home with our waste. Imagine if Earth’s natural resources were diminished because we couldn’t do one simple task. What if I told you, you could do something as simple as putting paper, bottles, jugs, and cardboard into a blue bin called a recycling bin. What if I told you that “consumers recycle only one of every five plastic drink bottles used” (Barnes 1). A culture of littering was nearly accepted by older generations. Today, Americans represent “5% of the world’s population but generates 30% of the world’s garbage” (UtahRecycles 1). This shows that we talk way more than we actually show in the U.S. I believe that the U.S Government should enforce recycling classes so that students will be more educated and think twice when they recycle because people feel that recycling is optional and not needed. It would inform you about what to recycle, how to recycle, and what not to do. Oregon State University has already begun online classes for students interested in recycling. Classes would be required just like taking a health class and enforced to 6th graders and only have to be for a semester because just like taking care of our own bodies, we need to take care of the Earth’s body. First, taking a recycling class can show you that recycling requires minimal...
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...Two landfill sites in Florida are the Orange County landfill in Orlando, and the Rolling Hills landfill. The biggest issue for the community with the orange county landfill is the smell that is coming from it. When the landfill was started, none of the homes that are in the area existed, so people are closer to the landfill than ever before. The Orange County solid waste division is said to be working on a plan to get rid of the odor, but nothing has been announced, as it relates to getting rid of the smell. For residents near the Rolling Hills landfill, there are health concerns surrounding air quality. Hydrogen sulfide as of last December, reached a level where it is a public health hazard. For the people that live in the nearby community, breathing in the highest levels of H2S for 30 minutes is high enough that it could cause headaches, and irritation of the nose or throat. Because the complaints local government came in and levied fines against the landfill, and has stopped them from bringing in more trash until there are improvements made to the facility (Florida County responds to complaints about landfill odor) (Wedgewood Community Update) (County officials close Rolling Hills landfill). 2. The impact of plastic bags on the environment is pretty severe....
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...Specific Purpose: To persuade my class on the importance of recycling and how we can make a stronger and healthier environment. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence Recycling: Why Should You Do It? Attention I. How many of you actually recycle? Recycling has been a topic that has been brought up and thought about by many different people, but the problem the question of whether people are taking action or not on this. Recycling will save many different very important aspects of the environment and economy. II. By learning how to recycle we will be able to develop a much stronger and healthier environment. III. I would like to encourage my classmates to realize how important recycling is and why they should do it. If you do not recycle, in the future this could potentially have devastating...
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...An Overview Of Bioreactor Landfills Anusha John#, Ajay kumar K#, Abdul Shiyas M A#, Sreenath H# Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut NIT Campus P O, PIN 673601, Kerala 1manjalyjohn@gmail.com 2ajaykumar@nitc.ac.in 3shiyas2003@yahoo.co.in 4srinad@gmail.com Abstract--- A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is one of the most common methods of solid waste management in various parts of the world. Significant environmental and economic benefits can be gained by making small changes in the way the landfills are operated. Bioreactor landfill is a promising biotechnological option for faster stabilization of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). It changes the goal of landfilling from the storage of waste to the treatment of waste. In a bioreactor landfill environment, the solid waste actively decomposes rather than being simply buried in a dry tomb. This active decomposition is possible because over half the MSW is comprised of organic material (food, paper, etc.), which will decompose fairly rapidly under the right conditions. Rather than being kept dry, the solid waste is actively moistened by injecting leachate into the landfilled solid waste to accelerate decomposition. The anaerobic conditions in a conventional landfill can be replaced with aerobic conditions by introducing air into the solid waste and thus enhancing the biological process. Studies show that a bioreactor landfill transforms and stabilizes...
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...affects the environment would require an Environment Impact Study (EIS). Multidisciplinary EIS usually complies with both Federal and State Government statutory approvals processes and requirements. (Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth) (EPBC Act), State Development Public Works Organisation Act 1971 (Queensland) (SDPWOA)).[39, 51] The nation is taking the approach and working towards an approach to combat the issues faced in dealing with the emission of greenhouse gases to the environment during the process of mining. Another issue is landfill, the disposal of used resources and its effects on the environment, Landfill issues constitute to a wide range of pollution and harm to the environment because a...
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...economic activity undertaken by businesses, governments and households (DEFRA report).” The European Union produces around 1.8 billion tonnes of waste each year which amount to about 3.5 tonnes per person (European Topic Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production). The United Kingdom on its own produces around 220 million tonnes of waste every year. Managing all of this waste is a monumental task which governments have to undertake. With such vast quantities of waste being produced each year it is extremely important that it be managed in a way that will not harm the health of humans or the environment in which we live in. Waste has a considerable impact on the environment. The environment has the ability to transform waste over time into nutrients that can be used again. However, with the increase in our economic activity this natural assimilative capacity of the environment will be exceeded if we do not control the amount of waste that we produce or take measures to manage it. Waste management is the collection, transport, processing or disposal, managing and monitoring of waste materials. The management of non-hazardous residential and institutional waste is usually the responsibility...
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...activity and the process are generally to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics. “Waste management is the practice from resource recovery which focuses on delaying the rate of consumption of natural resources. The management of all wastes materials, whether solid, liquid, gaseous or radioactive substances, and tried to reduce the harmful environmental impacts of each through different methods.” “Waste management practices differ for developed and developing nations, for urban and rural areas, and for residential and industrial producers. Management for non-hazardous waste residential and institutional waste in metropolitan areas is usually the responsibility of local government authorities, while management for non-hazardous commercial and industrial waste is usually the responsibility of the generator.” What is a landfill? “A land fill is the disposing of waste in a landfill involves burying the waste, and which remains a common practice in most countries. Landfills were often established in abandoned or unused quarries, mining voids or borrow pits. A properly designed and well-managed landfill can be a hygienic and relatively inexpensive method of disposing of waste materials. Older, poorly designed or poorly managed landfills can create a number of adverse environmental impacts such as wind-blown litter, attraction of vermin, and generation of liquid leach ate. Another common byproduct of landfills is gas (mostly composed of methane and carbon dioxide)...
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...What is Land Pollution? Land pollution can be defined as acts occurring on an area resulting in colour change, fertility, and erosion. It is caused by waste in the form of liquid or solid. Introduction to Land Pollution The presence of chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment Results in a change of the soil quality Affects the normal use of the soil Endangering public health and the living environment Causes of LAND POLLUTION 1. By poor agricultural practices * Excessive use of fertilizers & pesticides. Farmers use fertilizers and pesticides in order to kill pests and have an abundant harvest, but some people use excessive amounts of fertilizers and pesticide, which causes pollution * Excessive farming, construction, overgrazing, burning of grass cover and deforestation 2. By mineral exploitation * This includes piles of coal refuse and heaps of slag and underground debris. Mining and forestry activities that clear the land surfaces (clear cutting) and use 'skid trails' often leave the land not restored. The surface is exposed to erosion which destroys the quality of the land. Additionally, iron and other chemicals such as copper, mercury and lead from mining practices leach into the soil, polluting it and leaving it exposed to water bodies as well. 3. By indiscriminate disposal of urban wastes. * The waste materials that cause land pollution are broadly classified as...
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