Recycling Essays

E-waste in India has become one of the most alarming issues for the mere reason that the manufacturing of electronic equipments has increased while their lifespan has relatively decreased. These equipments have hazardous content which if left unchecked can harm the environment in varying levels of danger. There are new …

Solid waste management is a polite term for garbage management. As long as humans have been living in settled communities, solid waste, or garbage, has been an issue, and modern societies generate far more solid waste than early humans ever did. Daily life in industrialized nations can generate several pounds …

As humans we all want to acquire things that we desire, from foods, to clothes, toys for the kids etc. the list of things we consume day-to-day is endless. Its nice to live life and enjoy the thing that one wants, but people need to stop and realize the effect …

Collins Apuoyo is an environmentalist from Africa currently working on urban development, waste management, and sanitation along with pollution. These three are the major issues being faced by the population in Africa. Thereby it has been realized that an international level and incentive based intervention is needed in order to …

Look around at the local surroundings. How many objects are made of or just contain a bit of plastic? There is a high amount of plastic being used for all kinds of objects for daily use. Plastic is used all the time and most people never really think twice about …

Trash bin filled with trash. For example: – scrap paper – tin cans – toilet paper rolls – empty kleenex boxes – empty milk cartons – empty pop bottles – tinfoil – newspaper On-Line ResourcesPrintables for this Lesson Plan: – Make Believe News Story to read or illustrate. – Reduce, …

Paper is taken from the bin and deposited in a large recycling container along with paper from other recycling bins. The paper is taken to a recycling plant where it is separated into types and grades. The paper is then washed with soapy water to remove inks, plastic films, staples, …

Plastic is also a common name for polymers. They are made of long strings of carbon and other elements. Each unit in a string is called monomer and is a chemical, usually derived from oil. Plastic is used because they are good insulators of heat or electricity. Metals and plastics …

Solid waste is the unwanted or useless solid materials generated from combined residential, industrial and commercial activities in a given area. It may be categorised according to its origin (domestic, industrial, commercial, construction or institutional); according to its contents (organic material, glass, metal, plastic paper etc); or according to hazard …