Solid wastes or also known as garbage, are one of the main problems of our world today. Philippines reached critical proportions of environmental problem specifically solid wastes. Wastes is mainly a by-product of consumer-based lifestyles that drive much of the world’s economies. Due to a growing population, increasing consumption and increasing urbanization, waste generated in the Philippines is estimated at 19,700 tons per day. Our country is composed of 41,392 barangays, 1,502 municipalities, 116 cities and 71 provinces nationwide. Projections show that waste generation will increase 47 percent by 2010, or 28, 875 per day . Generally, the higher the economic development and rate of urbanization, the greater amount of solid waste is produced . In this present time, it is being solved by methods of waste management. Each barangay is responsible for the segregation of waste source, collection of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste and components.
Solid portion of waste generated by households, commercial establishments, public and private institutions, and other sources defines municipal solid waste. Almost 40% of the municipal waste stream is composed of paper and paperboard, about 10% of plastics, about 13% metals and glass, and about 13% yard trimmings.
The three main methods of waste disposal are landfill, incineration, though preferably to energy generation (section 10.45) and open dumping land. Open dumping and composting are also done in some communities.
Policy Analysis: Updating America’s Solid Waste Removal Infrastructure
America’s current solid waste removal infrastructure is outdated and incentivizes unsustainable practices. 53% of the municipal solid waste Americans produce is deposited in landfills, 75% of which could be recycled and reused. This excess waste releases greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere that will ultimately impact the health and wellbeing of every living thing if more sustainable practices are not implemented. In this analysis, I will explore previous and current federal waste removal policy. I will analyze alternative solutions; weighing the pros and cons of each.
If you are like me, in your twenties, always falling for the latest models or trends, but never thinking about purchases or garbage - this book will change the way you think about how much waste we actually produce on a daily basis, specifically plastic waste. Freinkel notes that the world consumes over 600 billion pounds of plastic annually today (pg. 14). As a science writer and graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University Graduate School, Freinkel is aware of the growing recycling problem of our world. One day she decided she was going to go an entire day without touching any plastic. That was quickly changed within the first 30 seconds when she needed to use the restroom.
Pennsylvania Roadside Waste Disposal Management Solutions to Protect Waterways, Human Health and Environment
Living in a developed or developing country tends to make people unaware of all the waste that is created in that country. As many states may have this problem, Pennsylvania has been having the issue of waste being dumped on roadsides and near waterways for years. The waste that accumulates is harmful not only to the land, but also the rivers, streams, and lakes. This policy brief describes how the Pennsylvania State government can take action and lessen the effects of waste disposal. Providing a designated area(s) for waste disposal, encouraging recycling, and providing public awareness will have an impact on land and water pollution in the state.
As human life has continued to transform and evolve throughout the decades it comes as no surprise that our waste has also followed suit. Our accumulation of solid waste and the materials we frequently encounter in said waste show a clear history of our constantly evolving use of technology. It is common belief that currently, in our modern wasteful society, we dispose of far more useful materials compared to our ancestors. Dr. Daniel C. Walsh chose to investigate this commonly believed fact and the transformation of waste streams in one of our most innovating cities; New York. His investigation led him to believe that these common truths about waste in America are in fact false and that our wastefulness was much worse in past decades.
Every year, New York produce 3.2 million tons of garbage. Some of them are food rubbish which cannot be recycled at all. But, over 30% of them are organic materials such as Halloween decoration that are not fully used before threw
Third, food waste in the market, for example, in the farmer market, food will be tossed out if hasn’t been sold by Saturday night. Other than diverting edible food from landfills, we can sort all the garbage and try to recycle some
(atlntc) a lot of our trash that we create is organic waste, similar to the 2.6 trillion pounds of trash in the world today because of extra food in the field that is not used or rots.. We also create a lot of plastic and packaging trash because we make plastic containers for the food that we grow in our fertile land. (wear) How trash is collected from homes and small businesses We collect trash every weekly from every business and house who wants it. People must submit a request for garbage pickup which is done for free. They must separate it into garbage and recyclables before we pick it up.
Landfill and incineration are the two methods of disposing Canadians municipal waste. Landfill releases methane and other detrimental gases that impacts global warming, and incineration composes toxic matters [3]. Despite of having access to recycling programs and knowing the outcome of using landfill and incineration, landfilling is Canadians first choice to dispose
Is there a better way to dispose of waste? Pollution is one of the biggest killers, affecting more than 100 million worldwide. The garbage dumped in the ocean every year is roughly around 14 billion pounds. Approximately 46% of the lakes in America are extremely polluted and risky for swimming, that is almost half the lakes in America.
In “The Hidden Life of Garbage,” Heather Rogers writes about the waste disposal in the United States and how dangerous is getting. Land dumping has been the main disposal method for many years because of the low cost. She writes how landfill is a designed construction in which the trash is far away from the environment. Therefore, isolation is accomplished with a bottom liner and a daily covering of soil. She also says that a sanitary landfill uses a clay liner to isolate the trash from the environment.
We can also recycle the biodegradable materials that are thrown away such as spoiled food, cuttings, teabags, etc; and use them for compost people can simply buy from the
Waste Management.
Despite the aim of saving the environment, since 2000, reckitt benckiser has increased its total waste to 49%. The company said in its sustainability report was to keep reducing waste since 2000 and also its recycling waste used during operations but the company has done otherwise which generated the increase in hazardous waste to 19%. (Business Sector Media, 2013).
Transparency & Disclosure
(The World Counts, 2018).
The 3Rs, that is reuse, reduce and recycle (it’s also known as going green) are ways how people can better manage and minimize their consumption and wastage. Some people add to this three; Bea Johnson adds two more; refuse, and rot (McHugh, 2018),refers to it as zero waste (McHugh, 2018). Others have omitted one of them.
Industrial and capital hubs in developing countries are similarly characterized by multiple urban sprawls, informal settlements and overcrowding. The local governments or municipalities in many developing countries are highly challenged by mainly poor or weak policy and legislative provisions to regulate and enforce waste management guidelines. They also lack adequate funding and the correct capacity in terms of waste management personnel. All these challenges lead to situations where these local authorities are failing to take effective decisions with regards to solid waste management. It is worth noting that the decisions which municipalities are facing in terms of managing solid waste are not only difficult and capital intensive but they impact greatly on the natural environment as well as on social lives of people, therefore solutions to this issue are a matter of
Introduction:
“Sustainable agriculture is the efficient production of safe high quality agricultural products, in a way that protects and improves the natural environment the social and economic conditions of farmers their employees and local communities and safe guard the health and welfare of all farmed species“
There are three main principles of sustainable agriculture, the three principles are:
1. Economic sustainability
2. Environmental sustainability
3. Social sustainability
With the human population continuing to rise, it is vital that the agricultural industry becomes more sustainable to meet the needs of the growing population. One of the impacts of this growing population is an increase in land usage for settlement purposes.
