GARBAGE! GARBAGE! Humans are producing more refuse than ever before, creating unprecedented problems for the environment. People in developed, developing and under developed lands throw away mountains of Trash. Sadly, like it or not, most of us today are part of a throwaway society. People have always had things to throw away. But canned and packaged foods and goods are more widely available now than they were years ago, so disposable packaging is everywhere. The quantity of newspapers, magazines, advertising leaflets, and other printed material has soared as well.Our highly industrialized and scientific world has also created new kinds of garbage, Autos. How about nuclear and chemical waste, a million barrels of deadly substances were said to be sitting in temporary storage with an ever-present danger of loss, theft and environmental damage from mishandling, those are hazardous waste.
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Human population has skyrocketed during the past century that means more people, more garbage!
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Granted, few of those living in developed lands want to do away with all those “goods and services.” For instance, just think of how convenient it is to go to the store and pick up groceries that are already packaged and then bring them home in paper or plastic bags supplied at the store. If people were suddenly deprived of such modern packaging, they might soon realize how deeply they have come to depend on it. And to the extent that it is more hygienic, such packaging contributes, at least indirectly, to better health.
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Despite such advantages, though, is there any need for concern that today’s throwaway society might have gone too far? Evidently there is, for various solutions that have been designed to address the garbage glut have barely made a dent in the avalanche of human refuse. What is worse, the attitudes that underlie today’s throwaway society have even more troubling implications. WHAT should you do with an unwanted item? “Just throw it away” seems a simple, obvious answer. However, waste disposal is not always so simple. Throw it where? Nowadays the marketplace has plenty to sell, and the advertising world wants us to believe that we need it all. Indeed, we are tempted into buying the latest on the market, lest we miss out on something new. And, of course, in advertising terminology “new” means “better and superior,” whereas “old” means “inferior and outdated. Thus, we are often urged to buy something new rather than repair something old. It is argued that replacing old things is more practical and economical than repairing them. At times, that is true. Often, however, throwing away the old and replacing it with the new is expensive and unnecessary.Many products today are designed to be thrown away.
They may be difficult to repair—a point to keep in mind when making purchases. Life span of products continue to get shorter. What was ‘in’ yesterday is ‘out’ today and frequently lands in the rubbish. Thus, valuable raw materials daily end up as worthless garbage.
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It is said that that a glass bottle thrown into the sea will take 1,000 years to decompose. In contrast, paper tissues will decompose in only three months. A cigarette butt pollutes the sea for up to 5 years; plastic bags, 10 to 20 years; nylon articles, 30 to 40 years; cans, 500 years; and polystyrene, 1,000 years.Hmmmm that a lot of years.What, then, are some solutions to the garbage glut?
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Recycling is very important!
Very true@dynamicgreentk, but has recycling proved helpful?
Even when recycled there are some ways to denature the toxins emitted from wastes
Even more important is not to make the shit in the first place so we dont have to recycle meaningless blisterpackages with printed inlay around a cardboard box with a plastic bag to 'protect' a shitty plastic throw away gadget thats worth less then 50 cents.
And once big industry finally stops with producing all that plastic then we still have WAY to much plastic floating around in the oceans and stacked up on landfills.
A good project to look at is http://www.preciousplastic.com if you really find recycling important. These guys are doing some amazing work. Yet, we really need to refuse to buy overpackaged bullshit.
and if there really is no other option, then unpack while still in the store and leave the plastic for them to put in the trash. Once they get annoyed for having to take out all that trash, then they may eventually decide to take another approach
@bifilarcoil.
Recycling could also help to reduce the effects of global warming. this wastes when exposed to the sun gets radiated and affect the ozone layer.
thinking of it, wastes are mostly in water sides and one way or the other pollute the water: kills Aqualife and also harmful to the people arround that digest the polluted water
Thanks @rabiujaga This is really toxic to human health.
But what steps do you think can be taken to reduce these problems
Avoid Being Wasteful
Every fifth person on earth goes to bed at night hungry. Knowing this should impress upon us the need to appreciate food and to avoid wasting it. The principle of avoiding wastefulness may also be applied to clothes, furniture, and machines. Keeping things in good repair and using them as long as it is practical to do so shows that we appreciate what we have.
Learn to Share
Before discarding items still in good condition, consider who might be happy to have them by sharing in this way, you help counteract the negative effects of a throwaway mentality.
Thank you so much for this ma'am.
Will definitely spread the word
You are welcome @rabiujaga
Lets see we can take the entire top of a mountain off and make it flat and grind the mountain top in to sand...but we can not figure out how to use and recycle our garbage? Not very smart of us is it. If we could separate out the toxic garbage and set it aside...then take what is left and make it the size of sand grains, then compress it into bricks...then use those bricks to build a toxic waste storage site...and use the left over bricks to give back to communities to build housing...but all we really know is how to make the top of a mountain in to a small pile of sand.
Nice point @bashadow, human are interested in making money rather than addressing garbage issues with us a threat to health.
Here is a blog 11 days old, so do not vote on it.
There is a way forward, but do you want to rely on others to do it or get involved in making it happen.
https://steemit.com/newbieresteenday/@jan23com/energies-as-pathway-forward-part-1-of-social-economics-foundation
Why not vote on 11 day old blogs?
the reward for the blog gets paid at the end of 7 days. the vote gives no rewards. Better to give to someone who will get a reward
so there is only a 7 day window for anything?
I see why, but i hope there is another solution for this somehow.
As a Geology Student, environmental issues are one of our problems. By spreading news and awareness about this is actually a great help. Thank you!
You are welcome @refeimmiguel, am glad you like the post.