Harmful Waste
Waste is a byproduct of chemical, industrial, and mechanical processes at places such as factories, power plants, and restaurants. There is both hazardous waste, and non-hazardous waste, but both are a problem to the marine ecosystem.
- - Consumer consumption has gone up more and more each year.
- - More products = more waste; it’s an increasing problem
- - Attracts insects, rodents, scavengers, sickness, etc.
- - Damages ecosystems/food chains/etc
- - A lot of waste is dumped into the ocean and is very hurtful to the species and flora that live there.
- - Waste does not “go away”; Some products can take years to dissolve
- Hazardous waste: waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to our health or the environment
- - Hazardous waste also includes chemicals, nuclear waste, and other potentially life-threatening pollutants.
- Non-Hazardous waste: solid waste (garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility, and discarded material)
- - Lots of plans to ‘minimize’ dumping, but no definite plan.
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