6. WHAT IS WASTE?
Garbage Refuse
Rubbish Junk
Trash
Waste
Unwanted or Unusable Materials
•Linked to Human Development •Environmental Cost
•Some have Economic Value •Human Health Cost (rodents, insects,..)
•All have Economic Costs •Social Cost (developing nations)
7. LOSS OF DIVERSITY
Waste
Mono Cultures
Waste To Energy
Maximum Entropy
Lowest Economic Value
Energy and Nutrients
9. TROPHIC LIMITS
Recyc
ling
Top
Omnivores
Waste
•Landfill
Carnivores
•Methane
Herbivores
•Green House Gas
•Water Vapor
Plants or Algae •Nutrient Runoff
Energy and Nutrients
10. LINEAR ECOLOGY
Industrial Agriculture
Harvest
Energy
and
Nutrients Animal Waste
Plant
11. LINEAR ECOLOGY
Industrial Agriculture
Harvest
Energy
and
Nutrients Animal Waste
Plant
12. LINEAR ECOLOGY
Industrial Agriculture
Harvest
Energy
and
Nutrients Animal Waste
Plant
13. LINEAR ECOLOGY
Industrial Agriculture
Harvest
Energy
and
Nutrients Animal Waste
Detrivores
Plant
14. CYCLICAL ECOLOGY
Top
Omnivores
Detrivores
Carnivores
Herbivores
Plants or Algae
Energy and Nutrients