Tuesday 17 April 2012

What a Waste!

As part of our Climate Change work, we have been looking at waste disposal! Even the best recyclers will still have about 20 - 30% of waste that cannot be recyclable! At the moment there are 3 main methods of waste disposal; landfills, incinerators and composting, we have looked at the pros and cons of each method and suggested our own unique solutions to this problem!
See what you think to our ideas

Saving the world is a hard job but somebody has to do it :)

By Vanessa and Frank


36 comments:

  1. the only positive stuff about landfills are they are cheap and can hold a lot of waste

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  2. the negative things about landfills are
    .They use up a lot of space
    .poisonos gas is released from them
    .it smells and looks ugly so no one would like to live near them

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  3. The positive thing about landfills is that they dont cost a lot of money.

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  4. The pros and for an incinerator are :
    >It is better for long term
    >It smells relatively better than a landfill
    >It looks a tiny, tiny bit better than a landfill
    The cons are :
    >It costs a lot
    >Its hot
    >Releases CO2

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    1. Are you sure that if its hot its a con. We can make energy using the heat.

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  5. the positive thing about incinerators are
    .you make energy
    .you get rid of waste

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  6. The pros of landfills are that they are cheap and the cons are that they are smely.

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  7. The pros for landfills are :
    >they are cheap
    >They hold a lot of waste
    The cons for landfills are :
    >They SMELL
    >The are totaly ugly
    >Methane is released

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  8. The bad thing about landfills is that it stinks and it causes polusion

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  9. The negative stuff about incinerators are
    .They cost a lot of money
    .they release a lot of carbodioxide
    . They look realitivly ugly ( but better than a land fill)

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  10. The pros for compost is :
    >It looks better
    >It smells better
    >It is relatively cheap
    The cons are :
    >It takes more than it produces
    >you cant grow anything on it
    >You cant build anything on it

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  11. The good thing about incinerators is they burn garbage.

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  12. The pros of incinerators are that they make energy,they get rid of waste,they thake more rubbish and give a smaller amount of ash.

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  13. The bad thing about incinerators is they cost a lot.

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  14. The positive stuff about compost is
    .they are relativly cheap
    .looks nicest because it is normal ground
    .does not cause much pollution

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  15. The pros for digging holes are :
    >It looks better
    >It smells better
    >You can build on the ground
    The cons for building holes :
    >The earth will finally be filled with rubbish under the core
    >it might cost a lot
    >The earth will be unstable

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  16. The cons of incinerators are that they cost a lot,they are ugly, they make you coff

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  17. The negative stuff about compost are that
    .you cant build anything on compost sites
    . you cant grow anything on them

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  18. My solution is that you send a HUGE rocket into space and release it far away from earth. Maybe it might be a bit expencive but it works for long term. Also it is !!!DRAMATIC!!!

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    1. Alex I think that will cost a lot and what if something happens that will be unexpected

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  19. We could dig lots of big holes and put grabage in them and then close the holes

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    1. Would we run out of space eventually

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    2. Yes we would run out of space eventually but then we could get another idea

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    3. we wouldent be able to grow stuff in the ground either

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  20. My super solution is we send a big rocket into space with rubish and just dump the rubish into space

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    1. Doesent it cost a lot and it is MY idea

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    2. no its not youre idea its mine

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  21. My idiea is that we can put the rubbish under the ground

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    1. Just a question... isnt it so that it will cost a lot for digging???

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    2. we will also run out of space

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  22. The bad thing about compost is that you cant grow plants out of it.

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  23. Alex i like youre idea but it is realy expensive and it will cause a lot of pollution

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  24. my solution is that we make a lot of islands out of rubbish

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    1. But what if the island breaks and we just polute the water even more???

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    2. we will make a wall around the island so it want polute the water

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  25. I dont thing that landfill will be a good idea because it myte be smellyyyyy.

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