Do you think that disposing of trash by dumping it in the ocean or burying it can go on forever?
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I think we need to look more at how we buy our items.  \n\nWho is out there buying all these blister packs?  Why can't store goods be on a shelf as just the good, or a liquid in a recyclable glass jar.  This is not a consumer recycling issue.  It is a distribution chain issue.\n\nI work in manufacturing.  We get good delivered to us with as little packing as possible.  We then sort plastic, thin foam and cardboard for recycling.  We do not do this because we love the enviroment. . .It is cheaper to find a creative way to not package an item, but get it to the process without damage.  \n\nWalMart and all of the box stores are demanding how product comes packaged so they can be hung.  Blister packs are designed to appeal to you the buyer.  Since, we are not actively choosing non-blister pack items, the cycle goes on.  Blister packing is an example.\n\nAt Christmas, think about how that Barbie would have looked in a plain brown paper bag with the accesories just thrown in.  That works and just one staple and a small bag to toss.  Now get radical and think how it would look to have NO plastic crap toys under the tree.  Yea, the kids would cry one year, but they would learn to love the new way of life just as well.  \n\nLast radical thought. . .When was the last time you brought a bag or crate container to the store to shop?  How come singles cost less than a pack, but there is an additional box to throw away?  Why does cereal need a bag and a box?  Why do drinks come in packaging instead of refilling our personal use containers?  Why do we use Kleenex, paper towels, napkins and the Japanese use cloth towels and a "washlet" toilet?\n\nJust a thing or 2 to think about.
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There would be no point, and it would be far more dangerous.  \n\nLandfill sites are typically created in specific geological lithologies - generally clay traps, where rainfall and minor subsurface water flow are trapped at the boundary and cannot pass into the surrounding hydrogeological system.\n\nIf the mine you're dumping garbage into is hard-rock (i.e. copper, zinc, etc), development is in basement rock, and water would easily pass through the refuse and leach through the rock into the groundwater system.  If it's an open pit, then it would be exactly the same as a garbage dump without the advantage of the clay trap boundary.
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A few years ago I read book called the "Art and Science of Dumpster Diving". http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893626075/qid=1148700360/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-5147675-4113562?s=books&v=glance&n=283155    And while I have no intention of ever doing so myself, the author did offer some completely safe ways to salvage food and other materials from dumpsters. Good survival skill to know, just in case.
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No.  Only those who have the power to kill the planet in their hands.  I mean, littering on the sidewalk can hardly be compared to all the pollution created by the multi-millionare companies and the worst part is they get away with it.  Not that littering is right at all, but my point is, there is a huge difference when it comes to guilt.  Don't you think?
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omg  This is the third question I answered about what a little pill was someone found.  We cant tell you that.  It could be anything.  Its time to let the little pill have a proper burial at sea... aka the toilet!
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Yes, all you have to do is put it into a sperate container then your regular garbage and just put it out for the garbage people to take.
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No.\n\nNot everything in your trash will become a gas. For example, organics will become charcoal, the plastics will decompose into a tar like substance, and unless you are on the surface of the sun you won't be able to boil the steel. In the end you will be left with a glob of toxic waste in the bottom of your distillation tower. Definitely not good.\n\nThat said, recycling is an excellent thing. You just have to devise a different strategy for each type of material. That's why every recycling program begins by properly sorting your trash.
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I believe an ocean tsunami have been more destructive in Earth's history.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunami
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I agree. Which ever type of "trash" you are talking about. Littering or trash talking, both can just plain GO!\n\nEvery year I adopt a portion of my street and clean up the garbage from A** holes who think Mother Nature is their litter box. \n\nToo, I speak up for what America does for the world. \n\nBut, I want Americans to grow out of their obesity issues. I want America to be a leader in education and I want America to strive for environmental soundness so instead of being a part of the problem, I am a part of the solution.
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Yes, they vary by state. A good rule of thumb is never empty them anywhere except into a dump station or a sewer hookup. The fines for dumping raw sewage are very high.
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Don't throw your trash in it.  Don't put stuff in it that you wouldn't drink.  Keep water flowing -- don't let it stagnate and sit for a long time-- it builds up pollution.
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No - Nothing has been destroyed. Just changed in form.\nThe planet will be here for a long time to come.\nThat is if time actuallly exists........\nPeople will adapt to changes, as will lots of animals, trees, insects, plants, fish etc\n\nIs this bothering you - cos your lifespan is 120 years tops?\nFu@k the enviroment, enjoy yourself a bit and stop worrying. Let your kids do all the worrying.
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We were given the work of caretaker of the earth.\nThe Earth Will Be Saved. In spite of the environmental gloom hanging over the earth, we would like to think that it will survive. After all, it is our home—and hopefully the home of our children and their children.  The truth is that while most people are concerned about the environment, many think nothing of throwing trash on the ground, dumping garbage in a river, or leaving lights turned on when they are not being used.  Such acts may seem like small things, but if each of the billions of individuals on earth were careful about how he treated the earth, it could make a difference.  Such things as being conservative in the use of energy, cooperating with recycling programs, and disposing of trash properly make a contribution toward preserving the environment.  By our habits we can demonstrate our care for the earth now.\n\nA comment by Thilo Bode of the Greenpeace organization, as quoted in Time magazine, touches on the core of the environmental problem:  “Our principal aim has been that corporations should consider how their products are disposed of.  They must think in terms of a trilogy: production, use and disposal.”  Sadly, we are able to make goods, we know how to use them, but we do not dispose of them properly. In some cases humans simply do not know how to do so safely.\n\nHowever, there is a greater solution.  Humans are limited, but earth’s Creator is not. He has already demonstrated his excelling wisdom in the creations we see on the earth. He knows how to make, to use, and to dispose of things properly.  Many of the systems he has made are automatic.  A seed germinates, and a plant grows and produces fruit.  It then dies—with all of its elements breaking down in nonpolluting fashion, ready to be reused.  This is recycling at its best!  There is no toxic pollution!\n\nThe Creator does not intend to let the earth deteriorate into an uninhabitable trash dump. In the Bible, at Isaiah 45:18, we read:  “This is what Jehovah has said, . . . He the true God, the Former of the earth and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be inhabited.”  The Bible explains that man was originally put in a paradise. In fact, God purposed that this Paradise reach the ends of the earth and be filled with people. (Genesis 1:28.)  However, rebellion broke out.  The first man and woman did not want to continue subject to God’s rule.  \n\nNevertheless, God has not turned a blind eye to earth’s ruination. He will act before it is too late, before the earth becomes an uninhabitable wasteland. How do we know that?  Revelation 11:18 explains: “The nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time . . . to bring to ruin those ruining the earth.”  \n\nGod’s original purpose for the earth, that it be a paradise, will still be fulfilled.  God issued statements showing this.  For example, he said:  “My word that goes forth from my mouth . . . will not return to me without results, but it will certainly do that in which I have delighted.”  (Isaiah 55:11)  You may enjoy reading Isaiah chapter 35, where God describes the transformation of ruined lands into gardenlike parks and fruitful fields.\n\nEven now, when pollution is stopped, the earth has shown a remarkable capacity to renew itself.  God created it to do so. If the overloading of the earth with pollutants is discontinued, a wide variety of microorganisms in water and soil can heal much of the damage.  Additionally, there is reason to believe that when God steps in and directs things, this rejuvenation process will be even more effective. He can provide the training and perfect direction that humans now lack.\n\nHence, the earth’s future is not hopeless.  Plants and animals will be saved.  Endangered species lists will be gone.  Our air and water will be fresh again.  Obedient humans will be there to enjoy it
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yes. Everyday! People create waste. From the water we spit in the sink to the dying dead skin cells we shed. \n\nWaste waste waste!\n\nEven if id say no. there are more waste disposal companies. Not most of these new towns have strict recycling policies. It can get expensive. But then again it depends on where you live. And no- theres no plenty of land available to become landfill and get covered in grass. If we create more waste everday- then every land area will becaome landfills. Landfill sometimes reek through the water supply too. Danger!\n\nDo you know it is also a fact how political this problem can get. Waste management can be quite expensive in other countries. Worst! Some goverment officials stick to the old throw it away method because of politics and money! aauugh!
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It is true.  I don't know that they can be recycled, and they don't break down.  That is a problem.  This stuff will fill landfills soon.
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Some people say that, some people don't believe it.  \nI have some of my grandmother's ashes, and some of my uncle's, and all me and my family members bring them with us when we go on vacation somewhere great we think they'd like to have gone, so they can come with us, and we sprinkle some of their ashes so a part of them can stay there!  \nWhether you believe that sort of thing is fun and respectful or totally horrible depends on your individual beliefs.  I believe also that ashes kept in an urn are considered interred because they have their final resting place, it's just not in the ground.
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I don't believe you can.  It would definitely help if the environment was at the forefront of most American's minds so that littering and dumping of chemical wastes would cease and maybe some of the negative effects would eventually dissipate.  But private owned companies are becoming more and more greedy and regulators are not encouraged to watch dog over them so the world is dissipating and we along with it.