here is a little piece of information about the garbage problem on the planet...
Can We Solve Our Garbage Problem?
This article provides the results of a state-by-state survey of the U.S. municipal solid waste management practices. Solid waste aka ‘garbage” is a cultural, economical and environmental issue that remains to be solved.
This is a useful survey that is in its 16th year. The data gives us a broad view of the trends in the United States. One surprising result is the increase of solid waste landfills from the last survey two years earlier as landfills are subject to Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) syndrome. Not surprisingly, we have increased our solid waste tonnage per person and thereby our annual tonnage rates for collection, storage, transportation and disposal or reuse/recycling. Municipalities strive to look for ways to incenticize reuse/recycling rather than disposal in landfills as these landfills are rapidly running out of capacity to accept more wastes.
There are several innovative approaches to use the “carrot” rather than the “stick” to increase recycling rates. One approach that is having some success is Pay As You Throw (PAYT) programs. This is where municipalities put a fee on any additional garbage cans above your normal allotment and lead to you to reduce that amount by putting recyclables in the designated recycle bin ( usually roller bins). This has markedly increased recycling rates in many cities. Another innovative “carrot” concept is by a company called Recyclebank that provides a designated community a special recycle roller bin that has a chip that weighs your recycle waste at pick-up and depending on your increase, will give you coupons to your local merchant stores or national chains on products up to a certain limit e.g. $35/month. This is being tried in several communities across the country. Another company “Big Belly” provides waste baskets that can be placed in strategic areas such as downtown areas and compact the trash thereby reducing the number of pick-ups and costs and is powered by a solar panel. However, as we continue to encourage recycling to reduce disposal, the recycle market is decreasing thereby creating another problem.
Other areas of significant activity include capturing methane gas from landfills to food composting. As the “garbage” problem will not go away, more innovations will continue in our quest to solve the solid waste problem in the United States.
Select two paragraphs from your article.
1.- This is a useful survey that is in its 16th year. The data gives us a broad view of the trends in the United States. One surprising result is the increase of solid waste landfills from the last survey two years earlier as landfills are subject to Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) syndrome. Not surprisingly, we have increased our solid waste tonnage per person and thereby our annual tonnage rates for collection, storage, transportation and disposal or reuse/recycling. Municipalities strive to look for ways to incenticize reuse/recycling rather than disposal in landfills as these landfills are rapidly running out of capacity to accept more wastes.
2.- There are several innovative approaches to use the “carrot” rather than the “stick” to increase recycling rates. One approach that is having some success is Pay As You Throw (PAYT) programs. This is where municipalities put a fee on any additional garbage cans above your normal allotment and lead to you to reduce that amount by putting recyclables in the designated recycle bin ( usually roller bins). This has markedly increased recycling rates in many cities. Another innovative “carrot” concept is by a company called Recyclebank that provides a designated community a special recycle roller bin that has a chip that weighs your recycle waste at pick-up and depending on your increase, will give you coupons to your local merchant stores or national chains on products up to a certain limit e.g. $35/month. This is being tried in several communities across the country. Another company “Big Belly” provides waste baskets that can be placed in strategic areas such as downtown areas and compact the trash thereby reducing the number of pick-ups and costs and is powered by a solar panel. However, as we continue to encourage recycling to reduce disposal, the recycle market is decreasing thereby creating another problem.
Choose 3 sentences per paragraph.
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Describe the parts of the words in the sentence.
1.-
a.-The data gives us a broad view of the trends in the United States.
-nominal part: The data
core: data
-verbal part: gives us a broad view of the trends in the United States.
core: gives
b.-One surprising result is the increase of solid waste landfills from the last survey two years earlier as landfills are subject to Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) syndrome.
-nominal part: One surprising result
core: result
-verbal part: is the increase of solid waste landfills from the last survey two years earlier as landfills are subject to Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) syndrome.
core: is
c.-Municipalities strive to look for ways to incenticize reuse/recycling rather than disposal in landfills as these landfills are rapidly running out of capacity to accept more wastes.
-nominal part: Municipalities
core: Municipalities
-verbal part: strive to look for ways to incenticize reuse/recycling rather than disposal in landfills as these landfills are rapidly running out of capacity to accept more wastes.
core: Strive
2.-
a.- There are several innovative approaches to use the “carrot” rather than the “stick” to increase recycling rates.
b.-This is where municipalities put a fee on any additional garbage cans above your normal allotment and lead to you to reduce that amount by putting recyclables in the designated recycle bin ( usually roller bins).
c.-This has markedly increased recycling rates in many cities
Select three words and find their definitions in an online dictionary.
1.- Data: The term data means groups of information that represent the qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables. Data (plural of "datum", which is seldom used) are typically the results of measurements and can be the basis of graphs, images, or observations of a set of variables. Data are often viewed as the lowest level of abstraction from which information and knowledge are derived.
2.- Municipalities: A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.
3.- Garbage: Waste (also referred to as rubbish, trash, garbage, or junk) is unwanted or unusable material.
In living organisms, waste is the unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from them. More commonly, waste refers to the materials that are disposed of in a system of waste management.
Waste is directly linked to human development, both technologically and socially. The composition of different wastes have varied over time and location, with industrial development and innovation being directly linked to waste materials. Examples of this include plastics and nuclear technology. Some components of waste have economical value and can be recycled once correctly recovered.
Waste is sometimes a subjective concept, because items that some people discard may have value to others. It is widely recognised that waste materials are a valuable resource, whilst there is debate as to how this value is best realised
Visit at least two blogs from classmates and leave a comment. Add the link to your classmates blogs.
there are my comments!
http://vero2289.blogspot.com/2009/11/green-engineering-final-project-eco.html?showComment=1257167509468#c8240288186601780322
i really liked those ecocars! they are really interesting!
http://romerolaura19.blogspot.com/2009/11/9-easy-tips.html?showComment=1257168057951#c8969873254122951118
those where really good tips to stop the climate change tho
