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Ms. Emma and Mrs. Liz

8B Science

3 May 2019

Issues in our Trash Production

The world needs to find a way to effectively get rid of trash that is better for the

environment. The problem that is at hand is the waste productions are going through the roof and

making places throughout the world almost unlivable. There has to be a way that people can

effectively get rid of waste that is better for the environment. This is becoming a worldwide issue

that has to be addressed. This topic is important for people to know about because this is no

longer just big city problems it is a problem people are facing everywhere and there needs to be a

way to fix it. The world need to find an effective way to fix our growing waste problem, this has

a big impact on today’s environment, our waste production is growing, everyone is struggling to

find a way to deal with it, and people need to consider the effect this will have in the long run.

-- the amount of waste burned in each

country

The main issue that we are facing is not how we get rid of trash but how much we
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produce. Now the world produces about 300 million tons of plastic waste a year. So much food

is wasted it is difficult to imagine what could happen with the food if it wasn’t wasted. For

instance in the article 40 Reasons to Think Differently About Your Trash it states “Americans

throw away 43,000 tons of food a day, about one-third of the food produced for human

consumption is wasted each year, the amount of food lost or wasted in Latin America​ ​could feed

300 million people, in Europe​ ​it could feed 200 million people, and in Africa​ ​it could feed 300

million people.” So now it has been figured out that if the world wasted less food it could help

people struggling and dying of starvation if the amount of wasted food goes down it might

change the problem with waste production as well. It is approximated that there are about 14

million pounds of trash dumped into the ocean each year most of it plastic. As stated in an article

by Sea Stewards. The problem is Americans produce 10.5 millions tons of plastic waste a year

but only recycle about 1 to 2% of it. Plastic waste is a growing problem around the world and we

need to find ways to take care of it. People are trying to reduce plastic waste but if the world

really wants to address the crisis at hand everyone will need to cooperate.

-- the amount of

plastic waste in

each product in

tons
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All around the world people are starting to be affected by the growing waste problem.

One of the biggest places being affected is India as stated from the article Global Garbage: How

5 Influential Countries are Combating Issues with Waste “​With a population of 1.252 billion and

growing, India has trouble managing solid waste. The result is not a pretty picture. Nearly 19

million metric tons of trash are being littered on streets or waterways, or being burned illegally.”

This is a growing problem in India luckily they are finding ways to deal with it. ​Country #2 that

hasn’t been mentioned yet that is dealing with this problem is Brazil “I​n 2009, Rio de Janeiro

submitted a final bid to the International Olympic Committee for the chance to host the 2016

summer Olympics. Of course, clean water venues was a must for the bid to be accepted.

Therefore Rio made a seven-year commitment to collect and treat sewage, combat pollution, and

create a clean host city for the Olympic Games. Four months out from the Games,​ ​Rio, by many

accounts, is in trouble​. "The problem is the trash," Luiz Lima, a two-time Brazilian Olympic

swim team member, said ​to ESPN​. "People in Brazil don't put trash in the trash." This quote was

taken from the article ​Global Garbage: How 5 Influential Countries are Combating Issues with

Waste. This shows that places all around the world are struggling to deal with their growing trash

production.
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India Brazil

https://www.wastedive.com/news/global-garbage-how-5-influential-countries-are-combating-issues-with-waste/417895/

As stated in the paragraph previous our waste production is becoming a growing

problem, but some places are starting to find solutions. ​ China is starting to find ways to deal

with waste. “Shenzhen, China — one of the world's fastest growing cities — will become home

to more than 12 million people by 2025. In order to deal with the population and its waste, it has

announced plans to build the world's largest waste-to-energy facility measuring nearly one mile

in circumference.” As stated in the article ​Global Garbage: How 5 Influential Countries are

Combating Issues with Waste. This shows that places all around the world that are the most

affected by growing trash and waste productions are finding successful ways to deal with it that

is taking care little by little to fix our growing problem. ​Another country that is affected is France

as also stated in Global Garbage: How 5 Influential Countries are Combating Issues with Waste

“In an unprecedented motion, France became the world's first country to ban supermarket food

waste and mandate large retailers to donate leftover food. This law, passed in February, marks

the first legislation of its kind in the ​global effort to reduce food waste​ — an issue affecting

every country across the world.” This is a way that France is trying and is successful in making

their waste production go down we need to start making this happen in other places around the

world.
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China France

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Everywhere throughout our globe our waste production is becoming a growing problem

and is affecting the environment, and the people, and/or animals living in it. This started as a

problem for only some countries but has become a global issue. The growing waste problem is a

very difficult problem to deal with when not everyone is trying to fix this growing problem.

Countries all around the world are being affected by this problem. Bigger countries that are being

affected by this problem but they are finding ways to cope with it and are starting to solve their

growing trash problems. All over the world people are trying to find ways that they can deal with

the growing trash problem. If people could just try and get more of the world’s population

onboard there might still be a chance to fix our growing waste problem.
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Works Cited

Musulin, Kristin “Global Garbage: How 5 Influential Countries are Combating Issues with

Waste.”

WASTEDIVE, ​22 April 2016,

https://www.wastedive.com/news/global-garbage-how-5-influential-countries-are-combat

ing-issues-with-waste/417895/.

​ January 2018.
Brucker, Drew. “40 Reasons to Think Differently About Your Trash.” ​Rubicon, 2
https://www.rubiconglobal.com/blog-trash-reason-statistics-facts/.

​ 6 May 2018.
“Fixing Planet Plastic: How We’ll Really Solve Our Waste Problem” ​newscientists, 1
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23831780-100-fixing-planet-plastic-how-well-real
ly-solve-our-waste-problem/.

Minter, Adam “Junkyard Planet” ​Bloomsbury Press, ​6 December 2013,

“Growing Trash Problems Afflict the Nation” ​Planet Aid, ​31 July 2018.
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https://www.planetaid.org/blog/trash-volumes-increase.

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Cho, Renee “What Can We Do About the Growing E-Waste Problem?” ​State of the Planet 2
August 2018 https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2018/08/27/growing-e-waste-problem/

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