Recycling Landfills

In Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, privately owned land once stood as one of the most hazardous waste sites in the United States. This site known as the Helen Kramer Landfill included 66-acres of waste, 11 acres of unfavorably conditioned vegetation, and no onsite residents. Prior to the early 1960’s, Helen Keller landfill was a sand and gravel excavation operation, but soon began to incorporate the disposal of waste material for about a decade. After the landfill received numerous inspections and notices between 1971 and 1977, the owner Helen Kramer was informed to cease operation of the landfill. As New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection reports indicated and area residents stated, “sporadic chemical

Fresh Kills Landfill, the largest landfill in the world (former), is located in Staten Island, New York. It is a total of 2200 acres where it opened in 1948 and lasted until March of 2001. The initial goal of the landfill was to remain open for five years, yet it was open longer, if not for a few decades. This landfill was one of the dominant landfills for storing garbage collected around New York City.

Have you ever wondered where all the trash goes that you throw out? Most of it ends up in landfills, gets burned or ends up on the street. Landfills are the most cost-efficient ways to get rid of trash for places like the United States but at what price. When waste disintegrates in landfills and water passes through the waste, the resulting liquid is called leachate. When leachate run off encounter local rivers and lakes it can contaminate the water and destroy whole eco systems that live in these areas. Landfill gas consists of naturally occurring methane and carbon dioxide, which form inside the landfill as the waste decomposes. As the gases form, pressure builds up inside a landfill, forcing the gases to move. Some of the gases escape through

Within the next five years, the city will be forced to expand the current landfills. The main need for this is a constant output of municipal solid waste. With a sluggish participation rate of only 35% the need to expand that finite space will be inevitable. On the surface this seems like an easy choice, but there has to be

My eyes have seen the horrors of poverty, but the same eyes have also seen the repulsive sight of greed. Across the globe the waste of our world is being trashed when it is a major opportunity for our planet. The United state’s portion of the world waste is being thrown by greed and selfishness. The so called “trash” that is being wasted has economic opportunity and the world is too lazy to use it.

Everyday, each American creates 4.3 pounds of waste such as paper, cardboard, and much more; but where does it all go? As Americans, we go to the grocery shop. What do you use to carry your items? Your answer should be a reuseable bag. Sadly, the majority’s answer is plastic or paper bags. In addition, when the landfills are at capacity it is a health hazard to many. The overfilled waste causes an unhealthy environment to live in. People need to conserve more of their resources, or there will be several very negative side effects.

16) Dale Anderson and C Langstan knowingly made, used and caused to be made, a false record and statements to get a false or fraudulent claim for approval of the Landfill permit. [Government," 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(2)]. The Landfill is not 1000 feet from perennial ponds and lakes as required by rule. Other Defendants supported this fraud. It also appears the Defendant is disposing overburden in wetlands in violation of CWA.

Landfills have many drawbacks to them. Landfills are not the best way to get rid of the waste that the world puts out. Three major harms of landfills are: they can harm the environment and living organisms around that specific, landfills take up space that people could use to make businesses, homes or parks for the kids in the neighborhood, and people throw things away that can easily be recycled.

Global warming is a problem with plenty of scientific evidence to prove the clement change. There is a concentrated amount of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gas causing to reach high temperature the earth has not experienced in 650,000 years (NASA, 2015). The Unite State should pass ever law possible to preserve the earth. Methane gas account for 10% of greenhouse emission in the US (EPA, 2015). However Landfills are the third longest producer of emissions therefor it is imperative to have laws to minimize what is dumped (EPA, 2015). For starters There shoulder a Law that bans the use of plastic bags for industry and households. Using only biodegradable would be break down landfill and would be initially be better for the overall wellbeing

“During the 20th century the Earth’s surface and lowest part of the atmosphere warmed up on average by approximately 0.6°C”, (Tolan and Berzon, 2005:91). Alongside this, man-made emissions of greenhouse gases, which also include carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have increased. This is primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels for energy, transportation and land use changes including; deforestation for agriculture. “There is strong evidence that the warming of the Earth over the last half-century has been caused largely by human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels”, (Royal Society, 2010:1, cited in Joffe and Nicholas, 2013:17).

Wal-Mart is a multi-national company that operates in India, Japan, The United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Mexico, and many other nations. It is thus clear the metric tons of emission from these supply chains must be managed with a view toward constant reductions (Forbes, 2011). There are greenhouse gases emitted from supplying various products to stores around the world through various modes of transport, and this can be through road, air, or even water. Transportation burns huge amounts of fossil fuels, which in turn releases greenhouse gases to the environment, a major cause of the depletion of the ozone layer (Badiru,

The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) in New York City has changed over the past decade from ocean and street dumping, to unregulated incineration, to current and export landfilling practices (Sylvan, 2011). The NYC Department of Sanitation, which is in charge of managing NYC waste collaborates with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Sims Multi Recycling Recovery Facility, and GreeNYC to manage the city’s waste through recycling, waste reduction, and composting and organic waste diversion (Cohen et al., 2015). In 2006, to efficiently manage the city’s waste, the city Council approved the Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) which was created under the administrator of former Mayor Bloomberg (Cohen et al., 2015).

Public garbage cans, waste management vehicles and even several businesses all promote the need for recycling. These things should serve as a constant reminder to us of the importance of recycling. Consumers produce a large scale of garbage (ARTICLE 1) the average American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day. The waste produced by Americans goes to landfills and dumps. Landfills are growing quickly, which are affecting our environment as well as our resources. This is where recycling materials such as plastic, paper, glass, etc., play a huge role in conserving our resources. If Americans take an active role in recycling, we can work to reduce the amount of garbage currently in our landfills and dumbs. Recycling has become more of a responsibility rather than a way to save money. It can help clean and protect our environment for each other and generations ahead. (ARTICLE 2) Recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business, and thereby reducing their burden on the environment.

A result of the current environmental and sustainability movement, landfills have a tendency to spark heated political debates. While there are both pro’s and con’s to today’s landfills, it is critical to realize that landfills have a misconception. Most people think of modern landfills as open dumps, where trash is left exposed and untouched for years. Few people actually know that landfills are highly engineered sites that bury and monitor trash daily. The proposal for landfills must map out the complete plan for the landfill from open to close, with an additional thirty years of monitoring. All costs must be planned in advance, including potential, unexpected maintenance. Much of the environmental hesitation is a result of landfills created and closed in the 1980‘s and 1990’s. Poor construction of landfills lead to leaching and groundwater pollution. Today’s modern technology allows us to properly line and construct landfills, as well as drain and treat liquids while monitoring methane formation and groundwater. These landfills are large scale operations that that work to decompose municipal solid waste (MSW), or human trash. Once they close and the proper amount of time to stabilize has passed, the area can be reused for parks, golf courses and other facilities.

One of the main issues regarding landfills is the fact that despite the awareness provided, compost waste is still being disposed along with other material in large amounts. Moreover, precipitation fallen on landfills causes a liquid containing unwanted material called leachate to form. (Assamoi, Lawryshyn, 2011)