Essays on Waste

Plastics are considered to be a significant source of marine debris and land-based litter due to their low recyclability rate. A recent survey indicates that more than 103 billion single-use plastic bottles and bags were consumed across the United States in 2014. The effectiveness of automated recycling systems has been...

Food waste: Causes and Solutions Food is a basic need that no human alive can do without it. However, in today's world, up to 800 million people face hunger. Surprising enough, the food we produce is sufficient to feed them twice over. In addition to being torn worlds apart from the...

The Junkyard Planet is an odyssey about the rubbish and the people who work in the dumpsters and turn this junk into money. According to the Minter (2), junk is the second biggest employer in the world after agriculture and farming. Minter argues that what makes junk the second biggest...

The Threat to the Environment The environment has over the recent few years been under threat by human activity. Air and water pollution which are the major effects of improper disposal of wastes have been on the rise year after year. Global statistics indicate that if this trend is not curbed,...

A can crusher is a tool basically used for the application of easier and smart recycling achieved through crushing of empty aluminum cans. Can crushers are of different types where some constitute of stainless steel that provide extra strength, corrosion resistance and stability to the merchandises. Most collective parts of...

Green Chemistry and its Application in Radioactive Wastes Green chemistry, by way of definition, refers to the chemical sciences approach that aims to eliminate waste as well as efficiently utilizing renewable raw materials. It avoids the use of hazardous and toxic solvent and reagents in the application and manufacture of chemical...

According to EPA website provisions, the critical issue of plastics in the environment necessitates the need for keeping the environment safe. The challenge of plastics means that the natural processes of food production have been adversely affected. It underlines the need for possible methodologies to assist in protecting the environment....

The Relationship Between Waste and the Environment The environment is significantly affected by waste. The impact of waste depends on its composition as well as disposal practices. The disposal of toxic substances on the surface of the earth as well as in the atmosphere has a significant impact on environmental well-being....

The students will need to comprehend how biogas, which is crucial for daily use, may be produced using ingredients that are readily available locally. The experiment will be straightforward because the necessary information and supplies will be gathered, and students will set up a control experiment utilizing animal feces, water,...

One of the most widely produced synthetic polymers worldwide is polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC is the third most produced polymer on a global scale, after polyethylene, which is the most produced, and polypropylene, which is the second most produced. Both stiff and flexible versions of PVC exist. The stiff shape...

It is useful to utilize an exponential dilution flask upstream of the photometer to examine the dynamic response of an inline or flow-through spectrophotometer. The photometer receives the waste from a tiny continually stirred tank, or flask. The tank is initially filled with a weak dye at concentration C. Then,...

The objective of this initiative is to help Islip Town, New York State, reduce the costs and risks involved with solid waste transportation on land. By establishing regional recycling facilities, the Waste Recycling Initiative will reduce the land-based exportation of large amounts of solid waste to landfills, which has proven...