Chapter+Seventeen

=Chapter Seventeen: Solid Waste Management and Disposal= Freddie

What is Solid Waste and how is it different from other types of waste? such as air and water waste.
Max: Solid waste can most easily be identified as common things the average person throws away on a daily basis. In most developed countries systems exist where this waste is collected from the public and recycled, sorted, re-used or discarded.


 * Logan:** Solid waste can be defined as a mixture of materials that people dispose of on any given day. This may include food garbage, cans, glass, and plastic. Although, solid waste is usually composed of left over food waste. In New Hampshire, solid waste is thrown away in a garbage system run and funded by the city.

Mining Waste

 * Logan: In Alaska, there is a company that is attempting to construct a mine in the middle of the Alaskan Salmon fishery. THis mine, also known as Pebbles mine, if built, will consist of several dump pits where the left over chemicals will be stored. The mine will only last a maximum of fifteen years if the bill to build it is passed. If this happens, then the Alaskan Salmon fishery, which so many people depend on, could be destroyed. The waste pits will not be removed for several decades thus if they flood or are opened, they could effect the salmon ecosystem greatly.**