The+consequences+of+not+reducing+waste+at+school

May 22 /2011 By: Daniela Correa

**SYNTHESISE:**

There are many concequences in the world because of not reducing waste, where __fauna__ and __flora__ are mostly affected. All this consequences happen because people are wasting a lot of paper and plastic without being concious of the damage they are making to their world.

People use many plastic bags which are very bad for the environment, they are not biodegradable and they damage landscapes.

Some of the consequences are:

To make paper, a lot of trees are needed. And to make plastic, a lot of oil is needed, so like we waste plastic and paper, oil and trees are wasted too.
 * -Explotation of resources like trees and oil. **

-**Animals die because they eat plastic:** Oceans are all full of plastic and trash, which not only contaminates a lot, but it kills animals because the animals believe it is food and they eat the plastic so they die. Animals also get stucked with plastic materials that are in the ocean or in the beach.

-**When people cut tres, they destroy the habitat, they make deforestation**: People who cut trees to make paper are suppossed to plant another tree, but they just cut trees and don´t plant any other to avoid deforestation.

Those chemicals are toxic and after the process they can go to the rivers and contaminate the water.
 * -When people produce paper, a lot of water and energy is wasted: the process of making paper needs 99% of water and chemicals. **

If you acumulate food,it would descompose and produce bacterias, so people get sick. And not only that, but another consequence of acumulating food is that it contaminates a lot.
 * -When we acumulate food in one place, diseases produce easily: **

They are not biodegradable, they damage landscapes and natural resources.
 * -People use many plastic bags which are very bad for the environment: **

**-We are damaging the beautiful world!**

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">It´s landscapes, rivers, waterfalls and many things that we are damaging because we simply prefer not to reduce.

May 25 2011 By: Maria Camila Orjuela

Book: Conservation and Natural resourses Writters: Jackie Ball, Pul Barnet, Justine Ciovacco, David Diefendorf, Ruth Greestein, Uechi Ng, Anna Prokos, Denise Vega Editor: Justine Ciovacco Page: 22, 23 This edition first published in 2004 by Gareth Stevens Publishing


 * Concequenses of using to much paper**

More than 150 years ago, thick forest filled Europe, the middle East, and parts of united states. Since 1950, more than 20 percent of these forests have been cut down or intentionally burned. Rain - forests the richest, densest forests near the equator are currently destroyed at a rate of more than 78 million acres (32 million hectares) a year. Imagine an area the size of poland filled with trees, and then distroy all the trees. that is the power and in some places the reality of deforestation.

Deforestation can add up to problems for the environment beacuse trees do an amazing number of things. First, they are part of the water circle. Throught evaporation, their leaves help recycle rainwater into the clouds. Also their roots help guide soil runoff and infiltration. the roots of a forest also act a barrier, helping to keep nourshment for plant and trees in the soil. Removal of trees exposes the rich top layer of the soil, which can cause it to lose nutrientes and moisture. Even if rainfall later increases, the soil may be poor for growing. Deforetation also adds to the climate warming process called the Greenhouse Effect. to clear land, forests are sometimes burned. This is quicker than cutting, and the hope is that some of the leftover ash will provide the soil with nutrients. Yet, in 1987 alone, 10 percent of the heat-trapping carbon dioxide realeased into the atmosphere was a result of fires intentionally set to blear parto of the Amazon rain forest. Enviromentalists attribute forest destruction to its root causes: population growth, economic development, and the need to clear land for farming. The dwindling supply of forests is caused by our increasing need for wood and wood-based products, such as paper. Plus, when the soil is stripped of its nutrients, farmers have to move further into the forests in search of new land. Population growth affects the forests, too, as trees are cleared to make way for cities and roads.

May 25 2011 By: Daniela Correa

Plastic bags:
Americans throw away almost 100 billion plastic bags every year, and only 1 percent to 3 percent are ever recycled. Plastic bags are not biodegradable. They clog waterways, spoil the landscape, and end up in landfills where they may take 1,000 years or more to break down into ever smaller particles that continue to pollute the soil and water.
 * What’s so bad about plastic bags? **

Plastic bags also pose a serious danger to birds and marine mammals that often mistake them for food. Thousands die each year after swallowing or choking on discarded plastic bags. Finally, producing plastic bags requires millions of gallons of petroleum that could be used for transportation or heating. Some businesses have stopped offering their customers plastic bags, and many communities are either considering a ban on plastic bags or have already implemented one. Meanwhile, here are a couple of things you can do to help:
 * Consider a Personal Ban on Plastic Bags: **


 * // -[|Switch to reusable shopping bags] //. ** Reusable shopping bags made from renewable materials conserve resources by replacing paper and plastic bags. Reusable bags are convenient and come in a variety of sizes, styles and materials.

...Like this ones!

//** -[|Recycle your plastic bags]. **// If you do end up using plastic bags now and then, be sure to recycle them. Many stores now collect plastic bags for recycling.

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May 25 2011 By:Maria Camila Orjuela
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 * Papermaking and environmental impact**

Main environmental problems are many and varied. Among them are:

"Greenhouse effect / climate change / drought

"Deforestation / fire / erosion

"Extinction of plant and animal species / habitat destruction

"Pollution of land, water and air / waste

Some data on deforestation: - In the last fifty years the world has lost an area of ​​forest equivalent to China and India together.
 * Why should we save and recycle paper and cardboard?**

- The Amazon rainforest disappearing at a rate of one football field per second. Note that this type of forest is home to between 50 and 90% of the planet's biological diversity, and we'll an idea of ​​what it is their loss.

- Worsening drought: we are experiencing the driest period of the century. We must bear in mind that forests attract rain, and where there is lots of vegetation increases the humidity and water reserves in the ground.
 * What impact does the lack of trees gives?**

- Hotter summers, the tree also conserves soil moisture and regulate climate. Ie: create microclimate. The treeless land shows variations in temperature, humidity and wind throughout the day and during different seasons, much higher than woodlands.

- Flooding: The soil humus retains rainwater and the roots keep him from leaving the earth. Sad proof of this is that where there has been a fire the following winter is likely to be flooding.

- Erosion: in addition to prevent wind and water carried the fertile soil, the tree prevents the sun desertice the ground, and that light is made to the leaves, not the soil, which dries and cracks. The forest floor is usually soft, while where no tree is hard, like a scab.

- More eucalyptus, the tree is more than just a wood factory:

- It's the best solar collector (harnesses the energy of the sun, which is a free and clean energy.

- Fertilize the soil, inert materials, minerals, etc. are transformed into organic matter.

- He himself is transformed into compost (leaves, fruits, roots and all when he dies.)

- Provides food and hiding in the forest animals.

However, not all trees are equally beneficial. Native species are preferred for each site, because under natural selection are best suited to the ecosystem.


 * Other reasons**

- Currently overseas buy 500 million kilos of waste paper a year 7500 million pesetas, because it is more convenient to import to pick the throw here. Our collection rate is currently 37%.

- Energy savings: in addition to raw materials (water and wood), light is also saved (see box leaflet). If we think that saving energy is not beneficial for the health of the planet, just look where it comes from that energy: hydropower is 17%, the rest comes from power plants and nuclear weapons. The thermal contribution to the greenhouse effect and acid rain generated. Too many comments on nuclear.

"The wastes: about 20% of our garbage is paper and cardboard. We pulled to the landfill daily ten million kilos. With the problems that are beginning to approach the location of landfills, it would be good to start to produce less waste.

May 18 /2011 Posted by:Maite Nahuel

Concequences of not reducing plastic:

Most plastics are made from petroleum or oil. This natural resource, also used for fuels such as petrol, is very valuable and limited used at today's rates, it may run out in less than 100 years.

May 17 2011

By: Daniela Correa

**Consequences of over consumption of plastic and too much waste:**
A consequence of over consumption of plastic, is that birds are eating all what we throw away, and they die because of it.

With the environmental impacts of plastic, and the environmental health consequences of using plastic, not only we ingest these chemicals in our bodies, but they accumulate in our air, water and soil.

We are recycling less than five percent of all our plastics. Where is it all going? Our landfills, oceans, and forests. Too much plastic is being made and consumed. The best option, is backyard compostable plastic, The most promising and greenest option is compostable plastic. Made from plant materials such as grasses, corn, soy and sugar, basically anything with cellulose content. These plastics break down at the same rate as paper, leaving nothing but compost."

We need to wake up to the realities of plastic. It poisions our bodies, our oceans, our forests and our landfills. Our blind consumption of plastic is far from sustainable. Think before buying any plastic, and work hard to find products that contain less plastic packaging. Parents and environmental advocates should push for greener packaging from our grocers. We need a sea change, a forest, landfill, and environmental change!

The over consumption of plastics, especially plastic bottles, is creating an enormous amount of waste in America. Though it’s very easy to recycle plastics in this country, the plastic bottle, the to-go container, and convenient spray bottle are all part of the throw-away mentality that is slowly burying us under [|mountains of trash] that will be around long after humans have decomposed. This means that the bulk of these bottles will be tossed into the trash can by people living the fast food lifestyle, and never reused. We’ve all heard it before, but I’ll say it again: There is no //away//. The fantastic concept of “out of sight, out of mind” has been a comforting one, allowing us to consume food and stuff for 24 hours a day and then simply put it in a trash can for someone else to deal with it. Unfortunately, that “someone else” is Mother Earth. And slowly, this plastic waste is killing her, and later it will be killing us.

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May 18/2011 Posted by:Maite Nahuel

Concequences of not reducing:
Way out in the Pacific Ocean, in an area once known as the doldrums, an enormous, accidental monument to modern society has formed. Invisible to satellites, poorly understood by scientists and perhaps twice the size of France, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not a solid mass, as is sometimes imagined, but a kind of marine soup whose main ingredient is floating plastic debris.

The great pacific garbage patch actually consists of two large areas – the eastern and the western patches. The eastern patch is between California and Hawaii and it is over twice the size of Texas alone. The western patch is located between Hawaii and Japan. These Pacific Ocean garbage patches collect currents that carry debris and waste from all over the globe. When the currents reach the great pacific garbage patch, they deposit the garbage they have accumulated. Because neither fishers nor tourists ever visit the area due to the lack of marine life, most people are not even aware of the existence of the pacific ocean garbage patches.

The floating plastic particles resemble [|zooplankton], which can be inadvertently consumed by [|jellyfish]. Many of these long-lasting plastics end up in the stomachs of marine birds and animals, including [|sea turtles], and the [|Black-footed Albatross]. Besides the particles' danger to wildlife, the floating debris can absorb [|organic pollutants] from seawater, including [|PCBs], [|DDT] , and [|PAHs]. Aside from toxic effects, when ingested, some of these are mistaken by the [|endocrine] system as [|estradiol], causing hormone disruption in the affected animal. ||
 * The existence of the Eastern Garbage Patch was predicted in a 1988. The prediction was based on results obtained by several Alaska-based researchers between 1985 and 1988 that measured [|neustonic] [|plastic] in the North Pacific Ocean.

May 18 2011 By: Daniela Correa

Consequences of overconsumption of paper
The consequences of over consumption of paper are: - Paper comes from the tres, so as much paper we consume, more tres will be cutted down. - It is needed the 99 percent of water to make paper, so if we use many paper, we waste a lot of water. -The chemicals that are used to produce paper are very toxic, and part of those chemicals go to the rivers, so it contaminates. -Those chemicals used to produce paper, kill fauna. -Because of so much use of paper people are cutting many tres, and there is deforestation. -Some companies plant other trees to replace the one they cut to do paper, but anyway a tree takes 50 years to grow, so forests would be without trees for many years. -To create paper people are cutting many trees, and with that they are making deforestation!

At the left side is before, and at the right side is how trees are now,and all this because of us... sad dont you think so?

May 22/ 2011 by: Isabella Ramirez <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">** Effects of plastic waste in the environment ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Over 23 MILLION TONS of the world’s yearly trash load every year is plastic. Sure, it is not all sprues, rejected models or their parts, but uncaring modelers do impact their environment. Consider: Plastics are so durable that they will not rot or decay as do natural products such as those made of wood. As a result great amounts of discarded plastic products accumulate in the environment as waste. They do not burn easily; instead, they melt and simply accumulate at the bottom of the incinerator. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> As municipal landfills reach capacity and additional landfill space diminishes across the United States, alternative methods for reducing and disposing of wastes—including plastics—are being explored. Some of these options include reducing consumption of plastics, using biodegradable plastics, and incinerating or recycling plastic waste. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> By weight, plastics make up about 11 percent of America’s municipal solid waste. In comparison, paper makes up about 35 percent. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Here are the different types of plastics that have a detrimental impact on the environment: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> Of course, plastics are generally very lightweight. When plastics are buried in a landfill, they occupy about 25 percent of the space. Putting plastics into landfills is not always the best disposal method. There are two other alternatives: recycling and incineration. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> photos (consequences of not reducin plastic): <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">if you love youre planet like me care about it. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">