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Waste Disposal in America
By Elaina Rojas
SCIN140 Professor Danette Brunette
December 22, 2017
The problem at hand!
It is no secret that waste management in
the world is an ever growing problem.
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) makes up
258 million tons of waste generated in
America (EIA) and is expected to inflate to
even larger numbers. The average
American in 2014 produced up to 2.1kg of
trash a day, America is running out of
space to dispose of materials and they are
largely made up of hazardous materials
and chemicals. The more the waste piles
up, the more it seeps into our grounds and
pollutes the environment.
Lets break down
the trash
• According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration
(EIA, 2017), 30% of waste is packaging from products and
40% is mostly plastic. Meaning that it is not
biodegradable and it will never disintegrate and
disappear from the landfill.
• Most waste is toxic. According to the U.S. EPA report,
more than 60,000 untested chemicals have been dumped
into the landfills and water systems (Conservative Energy
Future, 2017)
• Landfills tend to leak into the ground and pollute the soil,
often running off into neighboring habitats.
• 52% of trash is landfilled
Other problems at
hand
• Landfills lack proper management due to the
waste industry becoming a profitable
business. Big enterprises often buy and
control landfills and waste programs, beating
out most companies that advocate for safe
and proper management in MSW.
• Some recycling technologies such as plasma
arc or gasification are not as “green” as
advertised to be (Conservative Energy
Future, 2017). They still release the harmful
toxins into the air, making it as effective as
effective as already in place, traditional
incilerating.
Solutions!• Waste-to-Energy!
• What does it do? It is simply a method of burning trash, instead of releasing the toxic fumes and smoke it is combusted into energy and heat.
How does it help?
1. Takes up less space in landfills, overall reducing the footprint of landfills in an area.
2. Reduction of carbon emitted into the air
3. Stability in the fuel of energy, there will always be waste created by the population.
4. Avoidance of disposal cost and landfill tax.
5. Reduction on the reliance of fossil fuel.
WHAT WILL IT COST??
-$22 Million would be the approximate operating cost a year in the U.S. to run these facilities. To build the facilities would cost $420 Million, still cheaper
than the annual $1.1 billion just to run the programs.
-In total in 2010, it costed the U.S. $1.1 billion in waste transport alone and $2.1 billion in waste management (UTAG Green Technologies, 2017)
-
• In 2015, 71 waste-to-energy plants burned MSW in the U.S. and generated over 14 billion Kilowatthours of electricity (EIA, 2017)
You can help!
Eco responsibility is broken into 3 words “re-use, reduce, and recycle”.
You can follow those words as guidelines, try re-using items by
repairing them instead of throwing them away. Reduce the amount of
trash by doing just that and if you need to, remember to recycle.
References
https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-waste-disposal-
problems-and-solutions.php
U.S. Energy Information Administration
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/?page=biomass_waste_to_energy
UTAG Green Energy Technologies
http://www.utagtechnology.com/how-can-we-solve-our-waste-and-landfill-
problems/

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SCIN140 PPT Rojas

  • 1. Waste Disposal in America By Elaina Rojas SCIN140 Professor Danette Brunette December 22, 2017
  • 2. The problem at hand! It is no secret that waste management in the world is an ever growing problem. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) makes up 258 million tons of waste generated in America (EIA) and is expected to inflate to even larger numbers. The average American in 2014 produced up to 2.1kg of trash a day, America is running out of space to dispose of materials and they are largely made up of hazardous materials and chemicals. The more the waste piles up, the more it seeps into our grounds and pollutes the environment.
  • 3. Lets break down the trash • According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA, 2017), 30% of waste is packaging from products and 40% is mostly plastic. Meaning that it is not biodegradable and it will never disintegrate and disappear from the landfill. • Most waste is toxic. According to the U.S. EPA report, more than 60,000 untested chemicals have been dumped into the landfills and water systems (Conservative Energy Future, 2017) • Landfills tend to leak into the ground and pollute the soil, often running off into neighboring habitats. • 52% of trash is landfilled
  • 4. Other problems at hand • Landfills lack proper management due to the waste industry becoming a profitable business. Big enterprises often buy and control landfills and waste programs, beating out most companies that advocate for safe and proper management in MSW. • Some recycling technologies such as plasma arc or gasification are not as “green” as advertised to be (Conservative Energy Future, 2017). They still release the harmful toxins into the air, making it as effective as effective as already in place, traditional incilerating.
  • 5. Solutions!• Waste-to-Energy! • What does it do? It is simply a method of burning trash, instead of releasing the toxic fumes and smoke it is combusted into energy and heat. How does it help? 1. Takes up less space in landfills, overall reducing the footprint of landfills in an area. 2. Reduction of carbon emitted into the air 3. Stability in the fuel of energy, there will always be waste created by the population. 4. Avoidance of disposal cost and landfill tax. 5. Reduction on the reliance of fossil fuel. WHAT WILL IT COST?? -$22 Million would be the approximate operating cost a year in the U.S. to run these facilities. To build the facilities would cost $420 Million, still cheaper than the annual $1.1 billion just to run the programs. -In total in 2010, it costed the U.S. $1.1 billion in waste transport alone and $2.1 billion in waste management (UTAG Green Technologies, 2017) - • In 2015, 71 waste-to-energy plants burned MSW in the U.S. and generated over 14 billion Kilowatthours of electricity (EIA, 2017)
  • 6. You can help! Eco responsibility is broken into 3 words “re-use, reduce, and recycle”. You can follow those words as guidelines, try re-using items by repairing them instead of throwing them away. Reduce the amount of trash by doing just that and if you need to, remember to recycle.
  • 7. References https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-waste-disposal- problems-and-solutions.php U.S. Energy Information Administration https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/?page=biomass_waste_to_energy UTAG Green Energy Technologies http://www.utagtechnology.com/how-can-we-solve-our-waste-and-landfill- problems/