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    situations experienced across the globe have attracted a lot of attention concerning the use of plastic in daily life. Plastic materials that we use every day in everything which is detrimental to the environment has perhaps turned to be the most dumped waste material because it does not decompose quickly. Based on the recent research plastic takes hundreds of years to foul up (Gregory, 2009). Pollution bags consist of the polymers large molecules with repeating units known as the monomers. These complex

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    Water conservation? When you brush your teeth do you leave the water on the whole time? Do you leave paint cans or trash on the ground for the water to just wash it away? If so think about how much water you waste or pollute? All that water down the drain and that water contaminated. Most people think that “ oh I am only one person out of millions, if I stop it won't matter, I can’t make a difference, I can’t stop others from doing the same.” if everyone thinks likes this then yes, you will never

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    Shelby Cailteux Mrs. Phegley English II 11 December 2017 Plastic Pollution in the Environment Plastic pollution is a major threat to our environment and continues to get worse every day. We live in a disposable society where fast food is served in plastic or Styrofoam containers and discarded instead of glass dishes. Many people use plastic water bottles instead drinking from the tap. Plastic soda bottles are used instead of glass returnable bottles. Plastic grocery bags have replaced the brown

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    refill each water bottle about 2 to 3 times after drinking one but now I’m all out and refuse to buy another case of water bottles. I never realized how harmful they are too the environment until this class. Never had I realized how much unnecessary waste I contribute into our environment and it’s time for me to start finding positive alternatives. I have been using water bottles for as long as I can remember. In high school I would take about two or three water bottles a day, which was absurd now

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    Kiki the Kiwi ran through the bush on his speedy little legs. He was in a hurry to get to Puka the Pukeko’s house. “OUCH!” he cried, tripping over an empty soda can and ending up with his tail feathers pointing skyward. He looked around him seeing a pile of empty cans dumped on the track. They had dangerously sharp edges that could hurt unsuspecting animals. “What disgusting litter critter would do this?!” he exclaimed. “IS IT THAT HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING?” Kiki ran home to get a sack and loaded

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    The Mariana trench, is the deepest, darkest and most mysterious location in the ocean. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, 36,070 feet below the surface. Home to fascinating creatures like the goblin shark, one that is believed to have been around when dinosaurs were alive. Recently, it has been discovered that creatures in the Mariana trench have been found with man-made fibres in their stomachs, showing that no part of the world’s seas are now untouched by human makings. Plastic Pollution

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    Water Pollution

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    Water is a transparent and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms, water can be liquid, solid or gas, is tasteless and odorless. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. On Earth, 97% of the planet's crust water is found in seas and oceans and only 3% of this water is freshwater, and 98.8% of that water is in ice. Countries with more water in the world are: • Brazil • Russia •

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    Speech On Environment

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    environment around us. When it comes to waste, Australia is one of the worst in the world. In Australia the average person generates 4.1kg per day, that amount of waste equates to 1.5 tonnes of waste per year, this is the average weight of a car. 40% of the waste in the average household bin is food this is equivalent to 1 in 5 bags of groceries going into the bin. We need to stop that food from going to landfill. And you’re probably thinking how do we stop this waste? We need to be less fussy. If your

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    An Essay On Recycling

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    Did you know that we have a BIG problem in our world? The problem is that there is too much waste being produced by humans. Waste is left over material like paper, lunch bags, cans, bottles, plastic bags, wood and metal. Waste is stuff we throw into the garbage because we do not want to use it no more. It's stinky and filling up the landfill sites. We are littering and polluting the land, water and the air we breathe. It's just too easy to throw papers and other stuff you don't need on the ground

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    Food Waste Essay

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    There is no clear description regarding food waste in a universal matter either historically or presently, making it perplexing in definition and comparison. What is clear is that food waste continues to grow at a rapid pace with the expansion of a world population experiencing societal and agricultural developments in an era where land and other resources are becoming more limited. The increase in waste and category of foods which people throw away has transformed with time through the advancement

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