The Zero Waste Movement

Garbage is a very big problem in not only the U.S. but in the world today. Each year we continue to pile more and more garbage adding to the problem. Many nations are starting to become aware bout the consequences of not keeping with their waste use. Countries have already took steps to find alternatives and to eliminate the amount of garbage they use. One alternative that I thought was very interesting is the zero waste movement. Which is a movement that is attempting to get people to reuse there old products instead of throwing them away and having them sent to landfills. Many developed countries are trying to get more people to join the Zero waste movement and if these countries are successful the amount of waste will greatly go down and

Garbage and pollution go hand and hand. Although all three pollutions are very hazardous. I believe that Air pollution and water pollution are a little worse than land pollution because not only do they effect the environment they also effect humans health. The article “Air Pollution Is Single Largest Single Environmental Health Risk, WHO Reports.” It is said from a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) that estimates seven million people died prematurely in 2012 from exposure to air pollution and that air pollution can cause cardiovascular diseases. In China they have been burning their trash using incinerators. This has caused protest movements because the Chinese citizens are becoming aware of the pollution that is being given off from the burning of their trash and how it’s effecting their bodies. They’re have been many reports of premature births and stillbirths of pregnant women that live near garbage incinerators. Air pollution damages your lungs. Causes headaches, nausea and heart disease and is even more critical towards children because they consume more air and are outside more than adults. Some of the countries with the worst air pollution is Qatar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. And some of the worst cities in the U.S. Bakersfield and Los Angeles, California

And we depend on water to survive. Weather its consuming it or using it for our daily tasks. Trash that makes it way into the ocean decomposes very slow and causes so much harm to creatures that mistake it as food. Not only does this effects the creatures in the sea but it also contaminates the drinking water we drink. There are many effects with drinking contaminated drinking water. Diseases like hepatitis, dysentery and cancer are all results from drinking contaminated water. There are many ways to fix this water pollution problem for example in the article “Study on water pollution causes and prevention of Jiangsu rural areas.” Written by Chen Ming, Xu Chang-xin says “through strengthening the legal construction, increasing the input of environmental protection, and developing ecological agriculture, we can protect the safety of drinking water”. Another way we can reduce the water pollution is to stop throwing litter into water sources and to clean up trash that we see near bodies of