Waste Industry In America

The author proves the falsehood of the long known assumption that plastic is a threat to our planet. By citing the research done by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the author convinces his readers that not only are plastic bags not harmful as people think, but also beneficial. This surprises his audience and shows them how exaggerated the cries of environmentalists, which gets the readers wondering what else have they falsely believed in and what other information are paper-bags advocates hiding from them, and that pulls them into the argument and intrigues them further. Additionally, Summers lists the harmful consequences of using reusable bags by presenting research results and observations. This alarms the audience and raises concern in their

Heather Roger claims our current garbage disposal methods are short term and etiquette. Rogers’s position is clear that we need to minimize the use of landfills and create better means to discard trash. In supporting Rogers’s environment views I think that we need to create a more economic and environmental friendly garbage disposal system. Heather Rogers and Lars Eighner both acknowledge the issue with society’s throwaway mentality. Eighner proves that we throw away perfectly working stuff, having survived off others discarded materials. Eighner argues against excessive waste we create but does not have any prospected solutions. Whereas Rogers acknowledges the obvious need to minimize our consumption of waste but argues the need

He sites from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “plastic bags, sacks, and wraps of all kinds (not just grocery bags) make up only about 1.6 percent of all municipal solid waste materials. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) bags, which are the most common kind of plastic grocery bags make up just 0.3 percent of this total.” From this statistic, plastic bags are not using a lot of waste that the average person would assume. Also, most users of plastic bags

A teacher once told me, “One mans trash is another mans treasure, what he doesn’t appreciate the next man will.” Until recently analyzing this statement I always pondered about it as a metaphor using the thoughts, and ideas of people, but after reading Garbology I have come up with a literal process of reusing trash. On average Americans wastes 220 million tons of waste generated each year in the United States which ends up in one of the over 3,500 landfills. According to Edward Humes, the author of Garbology, “Garbage has become one the most accurate measures of prosperity in the twenty-first-century America and the world,” which proves that trash is a means to improving the success rate of Americans. This reminds me of the words of Confucius who stated, “When a goal cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goal, adjust the action step” because with the knowledge from garbology we can

External and customer information: the economic situation, the potential volume of trash bag market, the awareness of the brand, customers’ preference, customers’ daily purchase behavior towards to trash bag, the possible acceptance of this new product, the competitors’ situation, the fierceness of the competition, the potential volume of trash bag market, the awareness of the brand.

When was the last time you realized that someone you knew, or someone you have heard of, was going through prejudice or oppression? Now more than ever, people are being oppressed for multiple reasons: including racism, standard of living, social ties, even job positions. 51% of people in America alone express explicit anti-black racism. Oppression and prejudice is just as alive today as it was 50 years ago, it's just more subdued today. Similar to the Mockingbirds in history, the Mockingbirds in To Kill a Mockingbird were prejudiced because they had different ideas than everyone else.

“Bag2bag” program is the most important one among them. Kroger reused more than 1billion pounds of corrugated cardboard in 2007. It resulted in a 14 percent increment over the previous year. In majority of the stores plastic bags, dry-cleaning bags and plastic shrink-wrap can now be reused via Kroger’s recycling program. 9.1 million pounds of plastic recycled from the stores and distribution centers as a result of this program. The grocery bags used in many retail departments contain 25% reused content as a direct consequence of “Bag2bag” program. (Kroger Sustainability Report,

To complete ban the use of plastic bags could lead to taxing individuals that can’t afford it such as the elderly. Mare Gunther informed, “Industry says [plastic bags are] used, often as garbage bags, or to carry kids’ lunches to school, or pick up dog poop” (Source D). Bringing to light some of the uses of plastic bags alone also shows that to completely dispose of the use of plastic in communities will led to discusses on how or what they’ll replaces it with. Though paper may seem to be the solution it was stated, “Paper production emits […] 70 percent more pollution than the production of plastic bags” (source F). Though some may say that communities can just use reusable bags as a solution they also have their draw backs as well. Such as increasing water usage to clean bags and they aren’t useful for activities such as throwing away garbage and picking up

Each year there is an increase in demands for plastic bags, and therefore more are shipped, creating further environmental pollution concerns. This increase in demand has lead to the phenomenal upsurge in the use and misuse of plastic bags globally, both in developed and developing countries. Statistics show that 4 to 5 trillion plastic bags are produced per annum, whereby North America and Western Europe account for nearly 80% (Geographical, 2005; Reusable Bags, 2005). Cheeseman (2007) states that approximately “380 billion plastic shopping bags are used in the United States annually”; in turn, only 0.6% of this is recycled.

"Actions speak louder than words." Most of us have heard this at least once, and I agree. Some people rather you show them your true colors than to hear you speak gibberish. Words are just words that can be carelessly said by anyone.

Re-usable grocery bags are considered as a substitute for plastic and paper bags. These grocery bags can be produced from a different range of materials, though they are commonly made from fabric such as canvas or woven synthetic fibers.[4] Due to their larger weight and endurance, re-usable grocery bags are manufactured from the use of more resources compared to plastic bags.[5] However, these bags were designed to be used repetitively by consumers and can even be continuously reused for a long period of time if the bags are properly maintained.[4]

Yes, the day was finally here I was going to America. Of course though it was only about one in the morning, but I was only twelve, I didn't know that. I made sure I had all of my stuff packed, but I didn't, so I packed, and then, me being me, I ran through the house screaming “Yay, we're going to America.” I had done it then, I had turned around and there stood my mom and dad. They were angry at me, and as I expected, next thing I knew they were yelling at me almost simultaneously “Amadeo Ambrogio get back to bed this minute or you won't be going anywhere. Yea, so that was pretty much my luck as a twelve year old Italian boy. I was laying in bed thinking “Oh great, now I'm never going to Ameri-,” I stopped mid-sentence because I thought someone was coming downstairs, but it was just my dog, Fido. I loved Fido, he was a golden retriever that I found on the side of the road.

The resources and things that go into making plastic bags can be used for other important things.

As the United States deals with the overwhelming amounts of waste building up, Nitin et al explain that “plastics take anywhere from 15 to 1000 years to biodegrade” once they are discarded (Nitin). Changes in recycling methods can no longer keep up with the exorbitant amount of waste produced in the United States. This is why some states choose to take their initiative one step further by placing either fees or a ban on the use of plastic bags. Due to the enormous waste the United States produces on a daily basis and the negative outcomes of this trash including adverse health effects, harmful impacts on nature, and the exponential piling of trash in landfills, the US government should ban plastic bags.

Five hundred billion used globally and one hundred billion of them end up in U.S. landfills, taking about one thousand years to decompose, but only 5.2 percent were recycled (Borrud, 2007, p.75).-These are the figures plastic bags have produced every year. Human beings invented plastic bags for the convenience of carriers and packers. However, just as other great inventions, say, nuclear energy and biotechnology, plastic bags are causing serious issues like global warming, environment pollution and energy consumption. They are gradually becoming sword towards ourselves. In responding to this problem, the city of San Francisco has become the trail blazer to prohibit non-biodegradable plastic bags in its large supermarkets and pharmacies.