Disposable Diapers In a study completed by the Ontario Office of Waste Reduction (a section of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, 1992), it was shown that 15 percent of the municipal solid waste stream after the removal of blue box items and yard waste is disposal diapers. In addition, Environment Canada (1990) reported that diapers are the third largest single item, after newspapers and beverage and food containers, in the municipal solid waste stream. Environment Canada also reported that it takes 400 kilograms of fluff pulp and 130 kg of plastic per year to supply one baby with disposable diapers. This supply of products contributes to a significant amount of deforestation and crude oil mining per year. Also to consider is the energy and by-products used and created to produce disposable diapers.
4/8/12 Are We Addicted to Plastic? The Dirty Facts Behind One of our Most Prized Materials The world we live in is addicted to plastic now more than ever. Everywhere you look there is some form of plastic product around you. “In the last fifty years, more than one billion tons of plastic have been produced, which is equivalent to the weight of around 3,000 Empire State Buildings. According to research from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the world’s ocean vessels dump around 639,000 containers of plastic every day “(SPI-About Plastics, 1).
• Greenpeace says that at least 267 marine species are known to have suffered from getting entangled in or ingesting marine debris. Nearly 90% of that debris is plastic. • Americans consume more than 10 billion paper bags per year. Approximately 14 million trees are cut down every year for paper bag production. • Most of the pulp used for paper shopping bags is virgin pulp, as it is considered stronger.
This process will not only avoid the cost of buying material over and over again, but also save the trees from being cut down. The No Impact Project was not only just to reduce the pollution on earth but also, make a positive impact on the
Finally, they print on recycled paper and use soy inks. Conclusion Whole foods Market’s use Employees, Community and the environment as part of their sustainable future. The Employees are encouraged to be creative and make individual choices. The communities are benefiting by the Whole Foods Markets way of doing things. The environment is better because they do business by using resources and materials that will not ruin the planets ecosystem.
Now, it may not be a problem if we eat this occasionally, but the average person in the country consumes more than 20 teaspoons a day of high fructose corn syrup and the average teenager has 34 teaspoons a day. Over time, these heavy metals can accumulate in the body, causing health problems. Additionally, when we look at the chemical components of high fructose corn syrup on a spectrograph, we can see that it contains many weird chemicals that we know nothing about. That's why I say better safe than sorry. Look out for the red flag The main reason you should give up high fructose corn syrup is that it's a big red flag for very poor quality food.
In 1966 between 25 and 30 percent of packaging for bread is plastic C. Retail giants Sears and J.C. Penny switch to plastic shopping bags D. Super markets began to say, “paper or plastic?’ E. In 1994 Denmark creates first plastic bag tax F. In 1996 over 80 percent of all bags used is plastic G. In 2002 Ireland introduces the worlds first consumer paid plastic bag tax III. Plastic bag pollution A. Plastic bags that are littered end up choking and killing thousands of birds and marine life a. Almost 267 species have been scientifically documented to be adversely affected by plastic marine debris. b.
The SO2 reductions during that time went from 23 million tons to 10 million tons a year. Mooney, M . (2014).EPA Can't Stop the (Acid) Rain. http://abcnews.go.com/US/epa-stop-acid-rain/story?id=18643424 Briney, A . (2014).
In any case, there are other ways that are considerably safer to rid foods of harmful microorganisms. Such include adequate cooking, sanitary handling and preparation and hygienic processing methods are better ways to reduce the illness from microorganism (Physicians
With an average of 6.3 million kilograms of trash being pumped into our oceans every year, it won't be very long until they reach breaking point. One of the most common pollutants in our oceans is plastic. In the United States, it has been estimated that two million plastic beverage bottles are used every five minutes and that marine litter now contributes sixty to eighty percent of plastic. Estimates for plastic shopping bags range from five hundred to a thousand years to breakdown. This is potentially devastating in that plastic is often mistaken for food by marine animals,