WE NEED TO PUT AN END TO POLLUTION ON OUR PLANET!
- by: Sam C
- recipient: To Stop Pollution
Did you know that "Toxic pollution affects more than 200 million people worldwide, according to Pure Earth, a non-profit environmental organization. In some of the world’s worst polluted places, babies are born with birth defects, children have lost 30 to 40 IQ points, and life expectancy may be as low as 45 years because of cancers and other diseases." Oh and land can become polluted by household garbage and by industrial waste. In 2010, Americans produced about 250 million tons (226.8 million kilograms) of garbage, consisting of product packaging, grass clippings, furniture, clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers, appliances, paint and batteries. That's about 4.3 pounds (1.95 kg) of waste per person per day, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A little over half of the waste — 54 percent — is gathered in landfills. Only about 34 percent is recycled, which is about double the amount recycled in 1980, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. And if that wasn't enought Americans generate 30 billion foam cups, 220 million tires, and 1.8 billion disposable diapers every year, according to the Green Schools Alliance.
According to the WHO, ambient air pollution contributes to 6.7 percent of all deaths worldwide.
The Mississippi River drains the land of nearly 40 percent of the continental United Sates. It also carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year, resulting in a dead zone each summer about the size of New Jersey.
Pollution in China can change weather patterns in the United States. It takes just five days for the jet stream to carry heavy air pollution from China to the United States, where it stops clouds from producing rain and snow.
About 7 million premature deaths annually are linked to air pollution, according to WHO. That is one in eight deaths worldwide.
About 56 percent of the trash in the United States is put in landfills. Half of landfill space consists of paper. Recycling just 1 ton (907.18 kg) of paper can save 3 cubic feet (0.08 cubic meter) of space, according to the EPA. Plust to make things worse the garbage dumped in the ocean every year is roughly around 14 billion pounds. Plastic is the major constituent. Heres a good thing though did you know that Composting and recycling alone have prevented 85 million tons of waste to be dumped in 2010. if we keep that going then that will not do that much actually unless we start puting garbage and recycling in the right places then we could save 10s of millions more tons from being dumped into the ocean! But for now we need to do some serious work on our landfill and garbage controll.
Sign PetitionSign PetitionAccording to the WHO, ambient air pollution contributes to 6.7 percent of all deaths worldwide.
The Mississippi River drains the land of nearly 40 percent of the continental United Sates. It also carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year, resulting in a dead zone each summer about the size of New Jersey.
Pollution in China can change weather patterns in the United States. It takes just five days for the jet stream to carry heavy air pollution from China to the United States, where it stops clouds from producing rain and snow.
About 7 million premature deaths annually are linked to air pollution, according to WHO. That is one in eight deaths worldwide.
About 56 percent of the trash in the United States is put in landfills. Half of landfill space consists of paper. Recycling just 1 ton (907.18 kg) of paper can save 3 cubic feet (0.08 cubic meter) of space, according to the EPA. Plust to make things worse the garbage dumped in the ocean every year is roughly around 14 billion pounds. Plastic is the major constituent. Heres a good thing though did you know that Composting and recycling alone have prevented 85 million tons of waste to be dumped in 2010. if we keep that going then that will not do that much actually unless we start puting garbage and recycling in the right places then we could save 10s of millions more tons from being dumped into the ocean! But for now we need to do some serious work on our landfill and garbage controll.
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