Synopsis
There are many ways in which you can help the environment. As mentioned before, a great place to start is with your waste. There are some rather simple solutions to a problem that is damaging our mother earth.
Basic Information
By simply getting rid of your trash by throwing it in the dumpster, you are contributing to this growing problem. Trash from garbage cans are usually disposed of by being placed in landfills or by burning the trash.
Either of the above options can be very harmful to our environment.
Landfills constantly emit methane gas into the atmosphere, as well when they become over full they can leak toxic waste into water supplies and become a real hazard.
Burning waste also releases very harmful toxins into the atmosphere, especially items such as plastic or rubber. Not only is this bad for our planet, it isn’t very good for you to breath either.
So the real question is, why do people continue to dispose of their waste in such harmful ways? The most likely answer is probably because they are not properly informed of such matters.
As you read this book you will come across some very important facts about waste and how to dispose of it properly.
As well, you will likely learn some new facts and some interesting information that will aid you in helping our mother earth back to good health. After all, we do need this planet to live on.
